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Light earthquake, 4.47 mag was detected near Brian Head in Utah


Earthquake location 37.470500946045S, -112.84783172607WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.47 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Brian Head in Utah on Monday. Exact location, longitude -112.84783172607° West, latitude 37.470500946045° North, depth = 19.579999923706 km. Unique identifier: uu80076711. Ids that are associated to the event: uu80076711. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/24 / 2024-07-29 05:29:05 / July 29, 2024 @ 5:29 am. The temblor was picked up at 05:29:05 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.579999923706 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ivins, Santa Clara, Saint George (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Saint George (c. 72 900 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Cedar City (c. 28 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Washington (c. 18 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hurricane (c. 13 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ivins (c. 6 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Santa Clara (c. 6 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 24 km S of Brian Head, Utah.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.47 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -112.84783172607° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.470500946045° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.579999923706 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km S of Brian Head, Utah Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-29 05:29:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-29 05:33:36 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 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 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 307 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1237 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.239999995 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 uu80076711 Id of event.
Event Code 80076711 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uu80076711, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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