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Light earthquake: M4.18 quake strikes near Currant in Nevada


Earthquake location 38.8649S, -115.3808WA light earthquake magnitude 4.18 (mg/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Currant in Nevada. The temblor was reported at 02:41:37 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Global time of event 28/02/15 / 2015-02-28 10:41:37 / February 28, 2015 @ 10:41 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -115.3808 West, latitude 38.8649 North, depth 0 km, unique identifier, nn00485024.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.18 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.3808° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.8649° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km NNE of Currant, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-28 10:41:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-28 11:14:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.5 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.79 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 270 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nn The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nn, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.54 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2492 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 92.76 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nn00485024 Id of event.
Event Code 00485024 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00485024, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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