A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 23 km SE of Alamo, Nevada (14 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/05/19 / 2019-05-17 20:21:35 / May 17, 2019 @ 8:21 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -114.98 West, latitude 37.2184 North, depth = 3.8 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.8 km (2 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:21:35 / 12:21 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nn00685155. Event ids that are associated: nn00685155.
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. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km SE of Alamo, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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