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Minor earthquake, 3.09 mag strikes near Thatcher in Utah


Earthquake location 41.589166666667S, -112.42116666667WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Thatcher in Utah on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 05:20:24 / May 7, 2024 @ 5:20 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.13 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: uu80068896. Event ids that are associated: uu80068896. The temblor was picked up at 05:20:24 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -112.42116666667 West, latitude 41.589166666667 North, depth = 6.13 km.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Ogden (c. 82 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Layton (c. 67 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Logan (c. 48 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Roy (c. 36 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Clearfield (c. 30 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kaysville, Preston, Layton (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 15 km SW of Thatcher, Utah.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.09 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -112.42116666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.589166666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.13 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km SW of Thatcher, Utah Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-07 05:20:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-12 20:45:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 21 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.404 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 153 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, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.08554 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 uu80068896 Id of event.
Event Code 80068896 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uu80068896, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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