A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Pahrump in Nevada. Exact location of event, depth 9.4 km, -115.9008° West, 36.725° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.4 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/07/17 / 2017-07-09 23:35:06 / July 9, 2017 @ 11:35 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00595188. Id of event: nn00595188. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:35:06 / 3:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Pahrump (c. 36 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pahrump.
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 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km N of Pahrump, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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