A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Little America in Wyoming. The temblor was picked up at 14:48:13 / 2:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uu80102416. Id of event: uu80102416. Exact location, longitude -109.89016723633° West, latitude 41.571166992188° North, depth = -3.3900001049042 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/02/25 / 2025-02-20 14:48:13 / February 20, 2025 @ 2:48 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of -3.3900001049042 km (-2 miles).
Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Rock Springs (c. 23 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Green River (c. 12 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rock Springs, Green River (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 4 km NW of Little America, Wyoming. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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