A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Battle Mountain in Nevada on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 8.5 km, -116.5991° West, 41.1244° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.5 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 02:41:10 / July 8, 2019 @ 2:41 am. The temblor was picked up at 18:41:10 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nn00692858. Event ids that are associated: nn00692858.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Elko (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Elko (c. 18 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 60 km NNE of Battle Mountain, Nevada.
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