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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near Hawthorne in Nevada


Earthquake location 38.3891S, -118.9049WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Hawthorne in Nevada on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.3 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:26:06 / 12:26 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nn00570711. Unique identifier: nn00570711. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 08:26:06 / December 28, 2016 @ 8:26 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 9.3 km, -118.9049° West, 38.3891° North.

Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.9049° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.3891° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-28 08:26:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-28 09:04:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.5 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 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 reviewed 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 248 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, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.129 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1406 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109.58 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 nn00570711 Id of event.
Event Code 00570711 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00570711, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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