Minor earthquake, 3.8 mag has occurred near Ridgely in Tennessee

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Ridgely in Tennessee on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -89.478666666667 West, latitude 36.201166666667 North, depth = 7.28 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/05/24 / 2024-05-16 08:19:34 / May 16, 2024 @ 8:19 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.28 km (5 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: nm60582051, us6000myxc. Unique identifier: nm60582051. The temblor was picked up at 08:19:34 / 8:19 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKenzie, Charleston, Dexter. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Dyersburg (c. 17 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sikeston (c. 16 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Blytheville (c. 15 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Martin (c. 11 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Kennett (c. 10 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Union City (c. 10 900 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 have been detected nearby. 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 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: 6 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-89.478666666667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.201166666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.28 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-16 08:19:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-16 09:49:14	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	143	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.698	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	297	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	,nm,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	58	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03553	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	53	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	nm60582051	Id of event.
Event Code	60582051	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nm60582051,us6000myxc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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