A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 62 km W of Tonopah, Nevada (39 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:49:12 / 9:49 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nn00725545. Unique identifier: nn00725545. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/05/20 / 2020-05-15 17:49:12 / May 15, 2020 @ 5:49 pm. Exact location, longitude -117.937° West, latitude 38.1605° North, depth = 0.4 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.4 km (0 miles).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-four, in the last 10 days ninety, in the past 30 days one hundred and three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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