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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Hawthorne in Nevada

Posted by admin on May 15, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.1163S, -118.0198WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 69 km SE of Hawthorne, Nevada (43 miles) on Friday. Global time and date of event 15/05/20 / 2020-05-15 13:51:38 / May 15, 2020 @ 1:51 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: nn00725385. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00725385. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.0198 West, latitude 38.1163 North, depth = 12.1 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.1 km (8 miles). The temblor was picked up at 05:51:38 / 5:51 am (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km SE of Hawthorne, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.0198° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1163° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km SE of Hawthorne, 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 13:51:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-15 13:58:27 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 4.08 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 284 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.408 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129.25 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 nn00725385 Id of event.
Event Code 00725385 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00725385, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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