Minor earthquake, 2.93 mag was detected near Goldfield in Nevada

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 59 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada (37 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.0238 km (6 miles). The 2.93-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:49:58 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.4077 West, latitude 37.1947 North, depth = 10.0238 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 00:49:58 / September 9, 2015 @ 12:49 am. Event id: nn00509773. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00509773.

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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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: 59 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.93 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-117.4077° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.1947° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.0238 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	59km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-09-09 00:49:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-09-09 01:44:46	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	7	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	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	133	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	35	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.194	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.2209 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	73	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	nn00509773	Id of event.
Event Code	00509773	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00509773,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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