A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 24 km S of Mina, Nevada (15 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:24:00 / 2:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.33 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.0713 West, latitude 38.1761 North, depth = 5.33 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/12/20 / 2020-12-02 02:24:00 / December 2, 2020 @ 2:24 am. Unique identifier: us7000clvy. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000clvy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days six hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 24 km S of Mina, Nevada.
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