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Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag strikes near Mina in Nevada


Earthquake location 38.1962S, -117.8512WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 31 km SE of Mina, Nevada (19 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.9 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: nn00751071. Unique identifier: nn00751071. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:01:21 / 2:01 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/06/20 / 2020-06-21 02:01:21 / June 21, 2020 @ 2:01 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 9.9 km, -117.8512° West, 38.1962° North.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days five hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km SE of Mina, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.8512° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1962° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km SE 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 2020-06-21 02:01:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-21 02:15:58 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 234 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.062 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50.92 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 nn00751071 Id of event.
Event Code 00751071 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00751071, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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