A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.86 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Independence in Utah. The temblor was picked up at 06:11:19 / 6:11 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: uu80106731. Ids that are associated to the event: uu80106731. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/05/25 / 2025-05-01 06:11:19 / May 1, 2025 @ 6:11 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -111.31649780273 West, latitude 40.30899810791 North, depth = 5.4699997901917 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.4699997901917 km (3 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tooele, Centerville, West Bountiful (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Salt Lake City (c. 186 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from West Valley City (c. 129 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Provo (c. 112 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from West Jordan (c. 103 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Sandy Hills (c. 89 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Orem (c. 88 300 pop). 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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