A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 4 km W of Warm Springs, Nevada (2 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.4198 West, latitude 38.1965 North, depth = 16.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.2 km (10 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 01:45:07 / August 19, 2018 @ 1:45 am. Unique identifier: nn00651483. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00651483. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:45:07 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 4 km W of Warm Springs, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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