A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Magee in Mississippi on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/03/25 / 2025-03-15 18:49:34 / March 15, 2025 @ 6:49 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.469 km (7 miles). Exact location, longitude -89.6436° West, latitude 31.913° North, depth = 10.469 km. Event id: us6000pz2i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pz2i. The temblor was reported at 18:49:34 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Jackson (c. 173 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hattiesburg (c. 46 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Pearl (c. 25 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Madison (c. 24 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Ridgeland (c. 24 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Columbia, Madison, Holly Springs. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 9 km ENE of Magee, Mississippi. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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