A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Lovelock in Nevada on Saturday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:58:24 / 1:58 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nn00637834. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00637834. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/06/18 / 2018-06-02 09:58:24 / June 2, 2018 @ 9:58 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.4 km (13 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -118.1812 West, latitude 39.722 North, depth = 21.4 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fallon (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Fallon (c. 8 600 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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