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Minor earthquake 3.3 mag, 34 km ESE of Mina, Nevada


Earthquake location 38.2395S, -117.7633WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 34 km ESE of Mina, Nevada (21 miles). The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:26:35 / 6:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 13.5 km (8 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/05/20 / 2020-05-29 06:26:35 / May 29, 2020 @ 6:26 am. Exact location of earthquake, -117.7633° West, 38.2395° North, depth 13.5 km. All ids that are associated to the event: nn00737922. Unique identifier: nn00737922.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days one hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days three hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 34 km ESE of Mina, Nevada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.7633° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.2395° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km ESE 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 06:26:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-29 06:30:14 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 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 168 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 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.027 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51.45 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 nn00737922 Id of event.
Event Code 00737922 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00737922, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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