A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Decatur in Tennessee on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.98 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:14:43 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/12/18 / 2018-12-12 09:14:43 / December 12, 2018 @ 9:14 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -84.739502 West, latitude 35.6144981 North, depth = 8.98 km. Unique identifier: se60247871. Ids that are associated to the event: se60247871, us2000isq7.
The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Knoxville (c. 178 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Chattanooga (c. 167 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from East Chattanooga (c. 154 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Cleveland (c. 41 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Cookeville (c. 30 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Oak Ridge (c. 29 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McMinnville, Cookeville, Fairview. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 11 km NNE of Decatur, Tennessee.
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