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Minor earthquake, 3.26 mag has occurred near Hildale in Utah


Earthquake location 37.067501068115S, -112.86416625977WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Hildale in Utah. The 3.26-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:02:34 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: uu80078591. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uu80078591. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 18:02:34 / August 15, 2024 @ 6:02 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -112.86416625977° West, 37.067501068115° North, depth 7.7600002288818 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.7600002288818 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Enoch, Ivins, Santa Clara (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Saint George (c. 72 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Cedar City (c. 28 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Washington (c. 18 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hurricane (c. 13 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ivins (c. 6 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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 three 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km NE of Hildale, Utah. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.26 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -112.86416625977° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.067501068115° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.7600002288818 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km NE of Hildale, Utah Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-15 18:02:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-15 18:07:22 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 164 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06099 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25999999 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 114 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 uu80078591 Id of event.
Event Code 80078591 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uu80078591, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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