A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Wyndham in Virginia. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.895 km (7 miles). Event id: us6000pk10. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pk10. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:28:52 / 10:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10.895 km, -77.5969° West, 37.7641° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/01/25 / 2025-01-14 22:28:52 / January 14, 2025 @ 10:28 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lake Monticello, Petersburg, Fredericksburg (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Richmond (c. 204 200 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Tuckahoe (c. 45 000 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Mechanicsville (c. 36 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Petersburg (c. 32 400 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Short Pump (c. 24 700 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 7 km N of Wyndham, Virginia.
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