A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Mooringsport in Louisiana on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000pkzk. Event ids that are associated: us6000pkzk. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/25 / 2025-01-18 20:12:00 / January 18, 2025 @ 8:12 pm. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -93.967° West, 32.6678° North. The temblor was picked up at 20:12:00 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 26 km (16 miles) from Shreveport (c. 199 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Longview (c. 80 500 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Bossier City (c. 61 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Marshall (c. 23 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Minden (c. 13 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Carthage (c. 6 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Longview, Mansfield, Carthage (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 four and in the last 365 days six 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 2 km SSW of Mooringsport, Louisiana. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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