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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near Beatty in Nevada


Earthquake location 36.9124S, -117.4321WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 59 km W of Beatty, Nevada (37 miles) on Tuesday. Unique identifier: nn00620107. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72961466, nn00620107. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/01/18 / 2018-01-30 19:39:05 / January 30, 2018 @ 7:39 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -117.4321° West, 36.9124° North, depth 0 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 11:39:05 / 11:39 am (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km W of Beatty, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.4321° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.9124° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km W of Beatty, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-30 19:39:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-30 19:46:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 automatic 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 158 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 ,nc,nn, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.099 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54.86 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 nn00620107 Id of event.
Event Code 00620107 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72961466,nn00620107, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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