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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Tonopah in Nevada


Earthquake location 38.1802S, -117.7908WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 50 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada (31 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.7908 West, latitude 38.1802 North, depth = 5.1 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 5.1 km (3 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:02:11 / 5:02 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/05/20 / 2020-05-15 13:02:11 / May 15, 2020 @ 1:02 pm. Unique identifier: nn00725345. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00725345.

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 50 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.7908° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1802° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 50km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-15 13:02:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-15 13:06:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nn The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nn, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.388 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48.21 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nn00725345 Id of event.
Event Code 00725345 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00725345, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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