A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 21 km WSW of Gerlach-Empire, Nevada (13 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.6118 West, latitude 40.4975 North, depth = 8.3 km. Global time and date of event 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 18:51:54 / October 2, 2018 @ 6:51 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.3 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: nn00659292. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00659292. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:51:54 / 10:51 am (local time epicenter).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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