A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Hawthorne in Nevada on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.7 km (9 miles). Unique identifier: nn00536804. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00536804, nc72610905. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:00:45 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 14.7 km, -118.775° West, 38.6593° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/03/16 / 2016-03-22 10:00:45 / March 22, 2016 @ 10:00 am.
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 Fallon, Gardnerville, Gardnerville Ranchos. The epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Gardnerville Ranchos (c. 11 300 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Fallon (c. 8 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Gardnerville (c. 5 700 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 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: 19 km NW of Hawthorne, Nevada.
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