Minor earthquake: M2.8599999 quake has struck near Lilbourn in Missouri

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8599999 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Lilbourn in Missouri. Global time and date of event 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 06:27:02 / December 9, 2024 @ 6:27 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 06:27:02 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -89.64616394043 West, latitude 36.567832946777 North, depth = 8.6599998474121 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.6599998474121 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: nm60594656. Ids that are associated to the event: nm60594656.

Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Dyersburg (c. 17 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Poplar Bluff (c. 17 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Sikeston (c. 16 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Blytheville (c. 15 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Martin (c. 11 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Martin, Blytheville, Poplar Bluff (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km SW of Lilbourn, Missouri. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8599999 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-89.64616394043° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.567832946777° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.6599998474121 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km SW of Lilbourn, Missouri	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-09 06:27:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-09 06:33:59	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	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	126	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,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	35	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.180000007 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	67	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nm60594656	Id of event.
Event Code	60594656	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nm60594656,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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