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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Mina in Nevada


Earthquake location 38.1508S, -117.9798WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 28 km SSE of Mina, Nevada (17 miles). Event id: nn00738444. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00738444. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:43:43 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/05/20 / 2020-05-29 23:43:43 / May 29, 2020 @ 11:43 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -117.9798 West, latitude 38.1508 North, depth = 12 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and four, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km SSE of Mina, Nevada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.9798° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1508° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 28 km SSE of Mina, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-29 23:43:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-29 23:49:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 3.92 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 271 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.033 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 72.42 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 nn00738444 Id of event.
Event Code 00738444 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00738444, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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