A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Lovelock in Nevada. Unique identifier: nn00663274. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00663274. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/10/18 / 2018-10-29 01:38:50 / October 29, 2018 @ 1:38 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.6 km (8 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:38:50 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -118.8537 West, latitude 40.1765 North, depth = 13.6 km.
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Fallon (c. 8 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fallon, Fernley (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 32 km W of Lovelock, Nevada.
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