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Light earthquake, 4.22 mag has occurred near La Sal in Utah

Posted by admin on December 20, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.2723351S, -108.9304962WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.22 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from La Sal in Utah on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/20 / 2020-12-20 02:11:05 / December 20, 2020 @ 2:11 am. Exact location of event, depth -3.36 km, -108.9304962° West, 38.2723351° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: uu60422367, us7000csk8. Unique identifier: uu60422367. The epicenter was at a depth of -3.36 km (-2 miles). The temblor was picked up at 02:11:05 / 2:11 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Redlands, Orchard Mesa, Delta (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Delta (c. 8 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Redlands (c. 8 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Orchard Mesa (c. 6 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Moab (c. 5 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km E of La Sal, Utah. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.22 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -108.9304962° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.2723351° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -3.36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km E of La Sal, Utah Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-20 02:11:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-20 02:21:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.06 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 274 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 uu60422367 Id of event.
Event Code 60422367 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uu60422367,us7000csk8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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