A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Hawthorne in Nevada on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.7 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00570860, us10007na9. Id of event: us10007na9. Exact location of earthquake, -118.9216° West, 38.406° North, depth 9.7 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 12:18:13 / December 28, 2016 @ 12:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:18:13 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gardnerville Ranchos, Mammoth Lakes. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Gardnerville Ranchos (c. 11 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 29 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada.
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