Friday, April 29, 2011

2.5 Earthquake in MN...

For those who don't think Earthquakes can't happen up here in the Northern Plains/Western Great Lakes area read this link....
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/us2011kha1.php
Magnitude 2.5 - MINNESOTA


2011 April 29 07:20:13 UTC

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude 2.5

Date-Time Friday, April 29, 2011 at 07:20:13 UTC

Friday, April 29, 2011 at 02:20:13 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 45.884°N, 95.465°W

Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program

Region MINNESOTA

Distances 64 km (39 miles) SE of Fergus Falls, Minnesota

90 km (55 miles) NNW of Willmar, Minnesota

97 km (60 miles) ESE of Wahpeton, North Dakota

205 km (127 miles) WNW of ST. PAUL, Minnesota

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 15 km (9.3 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters NST= 6, Nph= 6, Dmin=220.7 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp=151°,

M-type="Nuttli" surface wave magnitude (mbLg), Version=1

Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2011kha1