A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Indian Springs in Nevada. Event id: nn00882131. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00882131. The temblor was detected at 10:56:31 / 10:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -115.7325° West, 36.6397° North, depth 8.3 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/24 / 2024-08-09 10:56:31 / August 9, 2024 @ 10:56 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.3 km (5 miles).
The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Las Vegas (c. 583 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from North Las Vegas (c. 217 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sunrise Manor (c. 189 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Spring Valley (c. 178 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Pahrump (c. 36 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sunrise Manor, Las Vegas, North Las Vegas (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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