A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 8 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada (5 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.2155 West, latitude 37.2967 North, depth = 10.6 km. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:48:25 / 1:48 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nn00546845. Event ids that are associated: nn00546845. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.6 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/06/16 / 2016-06-06 20:48:25 / June 6, 2016 @ 8:48 pm.
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 8 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada.
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