A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Little America in Wyoming on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -109.8705 West, latitude 41.558666666667 North, depth = -3.42 km. All ids that are associated to the event: uu80101906. Unique identifier: uu80101906. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:39:26 / 2:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/02/25 / 2025-02-09 14:39:26 / February 9, 2025 @ 2:39 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -3.42 km (-2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Rock Springs (c. 23 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Green River (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rock Springs, Green River (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 1 km NNW of Little America, Wyoming. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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