A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Lovelock in Nevada. The temblor was detected at 14:35:03 / 2:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/17 / 2017-07-05 22:35:03 / July 5, 2017 @ 10:35 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00594747. Id of event: nn00594747. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.8927 West, latitude 40.1197 North, depth = 12 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles).
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fallon, Fernley (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Fallon (c. 8 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 36 km W of Lovelock, Nevada.
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