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Minor earthquake: M3.04 quake has struck near Pahrump in Nevada


Earthquake location 36.6188S, -116.2546WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Pahrump in Nevada. Global time and date of event 22/07/15 / 2015-07-22 15:51:54 / July 22, 2015 @ 3:51 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: nn00503008. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00503008. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.2546 West, latitude 36.6188 North, depth = 0 km. The temblor was reported at 08:51:54 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles).

Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Pahrump (c. 36 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pahrump.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 51 km NNW of Pahrump, Nevada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.2546° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6188° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km NNW of Pahrump, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-22 15:51:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-22 16:00:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic 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 142 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.093 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36.31 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 nn00503008 Id of event.
Event Code 00503008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00503008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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