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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 51 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada

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Earthquake location 38.1667S, -117.8006WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 51 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada (32 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: nn00725454. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00725454, us70009gv1. The temblor was detected at 07:23:24 / 7:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.8006 West, latitude 38.1667 North, depth = 7.6 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.6 km (5 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/20 / 2020-05-15 15:23:24 / May 15, 2020 @ 3:23 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-three, in the last 10 days sixty-nine, in the past 30 days eighty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.8006° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km 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 15:23:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-15 16:54:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 9 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.71 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 reviewed 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 358 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.385 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1628 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46.65 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 nn00725454 Id of event.
Event Code 00725454 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00725454,us70009gv1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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