Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Tonopah in Nevada

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 66 km W of Tonopah, Nevada (41 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/20 / 2020-05-15 11:52:06 / May 15, 2020 @ 11:52 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: nn00725306. Event ids that are associated: nn00725306. Exact location of earthquake, -117.9775° West, 38.153° North, depth 7.9 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:52:06 / 3:52 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.9 km (5 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km W of Tonopah, Nevada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-117.9775° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.153° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	66km W 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 11:52:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-05-15 11:57:20	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	3.39	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	340	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	0.318	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.08 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	52.32	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	nn00725306	Id of event.
Event Code	00725306	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00725306,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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