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Minor earthquake 3.6 mag, 3 km WNW of Marked Tree, Arkansas


Earthquake location 35.5386667S, -90.4556667WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Marked Tree in Arkansas. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.16 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -90.4556667° West, 35.5386667° North, depth 8.16 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/20 / 2020-08-30 02:34:42 / August 30, 2020 @ 2:34 am. Unique identifier: nm60327326. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bewh, nm60327326. The temblor was reported at 02:34:42 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby 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 Germantown, Arlington, Horn Lake. Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Memphis (c. 646 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from New South Memphis (c. 641 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Jonesboro (c. 67 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Bartlett (c. 54 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Southaven (c. 49 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Germantown (c. 38 800 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 3 km WNW of Marked Tree, Arkansas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.4556667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.5386667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.16 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3 km WNW of Marked Tree, Arkansas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-30 02:34:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-03 02:42:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 309 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.052 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 reviewed 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 345 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nm The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,nm, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 73 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01117 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nm60327326 Id of event.
Event Code 60327326 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bewh,nm60327326, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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