A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Mooringsport in Louisiana on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 09:04:43 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 09:04:43 / December 22, 2024 @ 9:04 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -94.0232 West, latitude 32.6995 North, depth = 5 km. Unique identifier: us7000p0px. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000p0px.
Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Shreveport (c. 199 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Longview (c. 80 500 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Bossier City (c. 61 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Marshall (c. 23 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Minden (c. 13 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mansfield, Longview, Minden.
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 has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km WNW of Mooringsport, Louisiana. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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