A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from York in Australia. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.845 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/01/25 / 2025-01-25 18:11:28 / January 25, 2025 @ 6:11 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 117.3708 East, latitude -31.6836 South, depth = 9.845 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pmdu. Id of event: us6000pmdu. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:11:28 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Australia (c. 21 516 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Northam. Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Northam (c. 5 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 61 km ENE of York, Australia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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