A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Thermopolis in Wyoming on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -108.3593333° West, 43.622° North, depth 4.47 km. All ids that are associated to the event: mb80300064. Unique identifier: mb80300064. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 21:58:27 / July 1, 2018 @ 9:58 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.47 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 14:58:27 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Riverton (c. 10 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Worland (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Riverton, Worland.
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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: 12 km WSW of Thermopolis, Wyoming. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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