A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from York in Arizona. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/02/21 / 2021-02-27 03:39:05 / February 27, 2021 @ 3:39 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -109.1383 West, latitude 32.8236 North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:39:05 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000de2a. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000de2a.
Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Safford (c. 9 600 pop). Close 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 Safford.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 9 km SE of York, Arizona.
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