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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Hawthorne in Nevada

Posted by admin on May 15, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.1595S, -118.0187WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 66 km SE of Hawthorne, Nevada (41 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/05/20 / 2020-05-15 22:15:49 / May 15, 2020 @ 10:15 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.3 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.0187 West, latitude 38.1595 North, depth = 12.3 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00725752. Id of event: nn00725752. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:15:49 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-one, in the last 10 days ninety-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 66 km SE of Hawthorne, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.0187° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1595° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66km 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 22:15:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-15 22:22:22 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 3.3 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 312 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.404 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43.44 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 nn00725752 Id of event.
Event Code 00725752 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00725752, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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