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Minor earthquake, 3.79 mag has occurred near Pine Valley in Utah


Earthquake location 37.5029984S, -113.4773331WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.79 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Pine Valley in Utah. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.21 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: uu60402817. Event ids that are associated: uu60402817, us7000as7s. The temblor was reported at 09:44:15 / 9:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -113.4773331 West, latitude 37.5029984 North, depth = 0.21 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/20 / 2020-07-21 09:44:15 / July 21, 2020 @ 9:44 am.

Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Saint George (c. 72 900 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Cedar City (c. 28 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Washington (c. 18 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hurricane (c. 13 700 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Ivins (c. 6 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Santa Clara (c. 6 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Enoch, Saint George, Santa Clara.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km NNE of Pine Valley, Utah.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.79 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -113.4773331° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.5029984° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km NNE of Pine Valley, Utah Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-21 09:44:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-21 09:54:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.81 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 222 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network uu The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,uu,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.286 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID uu60402817 Id of event.
Event Code 60402817 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uu60402817,us7000as7s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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