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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Tonopah in Nevada

Posted by admin on May 22, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.2355S, -117.7928WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 52 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada (32 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.2 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/05/20 / 2020-05-22 00:22:00 / May 22, 2020 @ 12:22 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 16:22:00 / 4:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -117.7928° West, latitude 38.2355° North, depth = 10.2 km. All ids that are associated to the event: nn00730721. Unique identifier: nn00730721.

In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days three hundred and eight, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days three hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.7928° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.2355° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km 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 2020-05-22 00:22:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-22 00:26:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 416 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 65 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.349 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47.72 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 nn00730721 Id of event.
Event Code 00730721 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00730721, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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