A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Carlin in Nevada. The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/12/15 / 2015-12-17 06:00:30 / December 17, 2015 @ 6:00 am. Unique identifier: nn00523095. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00523095. Exact location of event, longitude -116.1027 West, latitude 40.3692 North, depth = 0 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:00:30 / 10:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Elko (c. 18 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Spring Creek (c. 12 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Spring Creek, Elko (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 38 km S of Carlin, Nevada.
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