Quakes so far today over 5.0

MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 5.1 2007/08/06 09:32:28 2.320 66.410 10.0 CARLSBERG RIDGE
MAP 5.2 2007/08/06 07:47:46 -2.916 141.524 35.0 NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G.
MAP 5.3 2007/08/06 00:26:37 -2.779 141.602 37.4 NEAR NORTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA, P.N.G

I received this notice of a 4.5 in Utah via E-mail this morning:




Region: UTAH
Geographic coordinates: 39.464N, 111.218W
Magnitude: 4.5 Mcd
Depth: 0 km
Universal Time (UTC): 6 Aug 2007 08:48:40
Time near the Epicenter: 6 Aug 2007 02:48:40
Local time in your area: 6 Aug 2007 08:48:40

Location with respect to nearby cities:
22 km (14 miles) ESE (113 degrees) of Mount Pleasant, UT
24 km (15 miles) E (94 degrees) of Spring City, UT
26 km (16 miles) NW (305 degrees) of Huntington, UT
95 km (59 miles) SSE (156 degrees) of Provo, UT
155 km (96 miles) SSE (158 degrees) of Salt Lake City, UT
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It is now being reported on the news that a coal mine in Utah has collapsed with six miners trapped - caused by the earthquake. Very upsetting.

very sorry to here about the mine collapse Spring. I hope they will be recoverd. soon and in good health!

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 5.7

Date-Time Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at 00:02:26 (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at 9:02:26 AM
= local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 27.358°N, 126.737°E
Depth 39.9 km (24.8 miles)
Region NORTHWEST OF THE RYUKYU ISLANDS
Distances 160 km (100 miles) NW of Naha, Okinawa, Japan
415 km (255 miles) NE of Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
575 km (360 miles) ENE of Su-ao, Taiwan
1545 km (960 miles) WSW of TOKYO, Japan

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 13.9 km (8.6 miles); depth +/- 8.6 km (5.3 miles)
Parameters Nst= 26, Nph= 26, Dmin=587.1 km, Rmss=0.79 sec, Gp= 83°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2007ftac