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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Tonopah in Nevada

Posted by admin on May 15, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.1683S, -117.92WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 61 km W of Tonopah, Nevada (38 miles) on Friday. Event id: nn00725284. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00725284. The temblor was detected at 03:18:12 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.1 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -117.92 West, latitude 38.1683 North, depth = 7.1 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/05/20 / 2020-05-15 11:18:12 / May 15, 2020 @ 11:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days seventy-nine 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 61 km W of Tonopah, Nevada.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.92° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1683° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61km 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 11:18:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-15 11:23:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 38 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.07 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 389 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 27 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 89.18 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 nn00725284 Id of event.
Event Code 00725284 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00725284, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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