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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Tonopah in Nevada

Posted by admin on May 16, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.1962S, -117.7398WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 46 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada (29 miles) on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.5 km (11 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/20 / 2020-05-16 11:50:54 / May 16, 2020 @ 11:50 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:50:54 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -117.7398° West, 38.1962° North, depth 18.5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: nn00726353. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00726353.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 46 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.7398° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1962° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km 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 2020-05-16 11:50:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-16 11:56:09 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 4.03 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 326 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 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.613 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50.44 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 nn00726353 Id of event.
Event Code 00726353 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00726353, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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