A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Mapleton in Utah on Monday. Unique identifier: uu60128182. Ids that are associated to the event: uu60128182. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.18 km (2 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/11/15 / 2015-11-02 12:34:48 / November 2, 2015 @ 12:34 pm. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:34:48 / 5:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 3.18 km, -111.5471649° West, 40.0766678° North.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (12 miles) from Provo (c. 112 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from West Jordan (c. 103 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Sandy Hills (c. 89 600 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Orem (c. 88 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sandy City (c. 87 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was South Salt Lake, Kearns, Summit Park (min 5000 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 6 km SSE of Mapleton, Utah. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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Joyce Morey
Felt It! Laying on a mattress on the floor in the living room. Felt a rumble for about 8 seconds and heard a growl.