Minor earthquake: M3.1 quake has struck near Tonopah in Nevada

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 50 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada (31 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/20 / 2020-05-16 17:53:58 / May 16, 2020 @ 5:53 pm. Event id: nn00726587. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00726587. The temblor was detected at 09:53:58 / 9:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.5 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.7727 West, latitude 38.2088 North, depth = 9.5 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 50 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-117.7727° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.2088° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	50km 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 17:53:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-05-16 18:01:20	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		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	148	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	0.169	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	72.49	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	nn00726587	Id of event.
Event Code	00726587	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00726587,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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