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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Tonopah in Nevada

Posted by admin on May 17, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.1795S, -117.7997WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 51 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada (32 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:17:02 / 1:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.7997 West, latitude 38.1795 North, depth = 12.8 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.8 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00727561. Id of event: nn00727561. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/05/20 / 2020-05-17 21:17:02 / May 17, 2020 @ 9:17 pm.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-five, in the last 10 days two hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days two hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-one 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.7997° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1795° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.8 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 2020-05-17 21:17:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-17 21:22:09 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 4.11 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 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.086 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49.54 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 nn00727561 Id of event.
Event Code 00727561 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00727561, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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