A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Sandy Valley in Nevada. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.5 km (8 miles). Unique identifier: nn00779508. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00779508. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.6142 West, latitude 35.4718 North, depth = 12.5 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/10/20 / 2020-10-19 21:00:32 / October 19, 2020 @ 9:00 pm. The temblor was reported at 21:00:32 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Spring Valley, Summerlin South, Enterprise. Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Spring Valley (c. 178 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Enterprise (c. 108 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Summerlin South (c. 24 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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