A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Magna in Utah on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/03/20 / 2020-03-18 14:05:04 / March 18, 2020 @ 2:05 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.47 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -112.0681686 West, latitude 40.7555008 North, depth = 7.47 km. All ids that are associated to the event: uu60363827. Unique identifier: uu60363827. The temblor was reported at 07:05:04 / 7:05 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mapleton, Spanish Fork, Springville. Earthquake epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Salt Lake City (c. 186 400 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from West Valley City (c. 129 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Provo (c. 112 500 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from West Jordan (c. 103 700 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Sandy Hills (c. 89 600 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km NNE of Magna, Utah. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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