A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 52 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada (32 miles). Unique identifier: nn00728546. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00728546. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.3 km (7 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:08:33 / 1:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/05/20 / 2020-05-19 09:08:33 / May 19, 2020 @ 9:08 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.8057 West, latitude 38.1825 North, depth = 11.3 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and fifty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 52 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada.
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