A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Sutcliffe in Nevada on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/20 / 2020-07-08 23:49:51 / July 8, 2020 @ 11:49 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:49:51 / 11:49 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.7 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -119.621° West, latitude 40.026° North, depth = 7.7 km. Id of earthquake: nn00758343. Event ids that are associated: nn00758343.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Spanish Springs (c. 15 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Silver Springs, Reno, Fernley (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km NNW of Sutcliffe, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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