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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 9 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada


Earthquake location 36.6397S, -115.7325WA 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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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: 9 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.7325° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6397° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-09 10:56:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-09 16:22:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 129 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nn The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nn, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.186 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1272 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70.68 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nn00882131 Id of event.
Event Code 00882131 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00882131, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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