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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag was detected near Naples in Utah


Earthquake location 40.7634S, -108.7345WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Naples in Utah on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 07:16:15 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/08/18 / 2018-08-29 14:16:15 / August 29, 2018 @ 2:16 pm. Exact location of event, depth 1.56 km, -108.7345° West, 40.7634° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.56 km (1 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000gjem. Event ids that are associated: us1000gjem.

The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Vernal (c. 9 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vernal. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 74 km ENE of Naples, Utah.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -108.7345° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.7634° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74km ENE of Naples, Utah Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-29 14:16:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-29 15:09:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 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 158 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 ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.663 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us1000gjem Id of event.
Event Code 1000gjem An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000gjem, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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