A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Scenic in Arizona. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.81 km (4 miles). Unique identifier: us7000pm8l. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pm8l. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:11:09 / 2:11 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/03/25 / 2025-03-24 14:11:09 / March 24, 2025 @ 2:11 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -113.9856 West, latitude 36.5106 North, depth = 6.81 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Clara, Saint George, Moapa Valley. Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Saint George (c. 72 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mesquite (c. 15 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Moapa Valley (c. 6 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Santa Clara (c. 6 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 31 km S of Scenic, Arizona.
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