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Light earthquake 4 mag, 9 km NNW of Gerlach-Empire, Nevada

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Earthquake location 40.654S, -119.4367WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 9 km NNW of Gerlach-Empire, Nevada (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/16 / 2016-05-14 14:20:30 / May 14, 2016 @ 2:20 pm. The temblor was picked up at 07:20:30 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -119.4367° West, 40.654° North, depth 17.4 km. Unique identifier: nn00544078. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00544078, nc72635635. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.4 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.4367° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.654° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km NNW of Gerlach-Empire, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-05-14 14:20:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-14 14:27:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.89 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 246 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,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.901 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 99.1 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 nn00544078 Id of event.
Event Code 00544078 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00544078,nc72635635, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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