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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Tonopah in Nevada

Posted by admin on May 24, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.1648S, -117.9513WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 64 km W of Tonopah, Nevada (40 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.9513 West, latitude 38.1648 North, depth = 6.3 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.3 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 21:58:29 / 9:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/05/20 / 2020-05-24 05:58:29 / May 24, 2020 @ 5:58 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00732813. Id of event: nn00732813.

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days three hundred and twenty-four, in the past 30 days three hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 64 km W of Tonopah, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.9513° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1648° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 64km W 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 2020-05-24 05:58:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-24 06:01:44 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.038 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45.19 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 nn00732813 Id of event.
Event Code 00732813 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00732813, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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