Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag strikes near Scenic in Arizona

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Scenic in Arizona on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -113.9832° West, 36.5002° North, depth 9.596 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.596 km (6 miles). The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:59:10 / 4:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/03/25 / 2025-03-26 16:59:10 / March 26, 2025 @ 4:59 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000pmtd. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00895174, us7000pmtd.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Saint George (c. 72 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Washington (c. 18 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Mesquite (c. 15 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Moapa Valley (c. 6 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ivins (c. 6 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Washington, Ivins, Santa Clara (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 32 km S of Scenic, Arizona.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-113.9832° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.5002° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.596 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	32 km S of Scenic, Arizona	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-26 16:59:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-26 17:16:21	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	168	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,nn,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	41	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.65	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.42 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	45	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000pmtd	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pmtd	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00895174,us7000pmtd,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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