A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 24 km S of Mina, Nevada (15 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -118.0587° West, latitude 38.1755° North, depth = 8 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: nn00787479. Unique identifier: nn00787479. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/12/20 / 2020-12-02 04:49:28 / December 2, 2020 @ 4:49 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:49:28 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km S of Mina, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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