A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from La Sal in Utah on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/12/20 / 2020-12-20 01:53:42 / December 20, 2020 @ 1:53 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -108.9188309 West, latitude 38.276165 North, depth = -2.7 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -2.7 km (-2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.31-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:53:42 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: uu60422357. Ids that are associated to the event: uu60422357.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moab. Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Moab (c. 5 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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