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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Caliente in Nevada


Earthquake location 37.1993S, -114.5322WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Caliente in Nevada. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/08/24 / 2024-08-10 16:52:21 / August 10, 2024 @ 4:52 pm. Exact location of event, depth 9.5 km, -114.5322° West, 37.1993° North. The temblor was detected at 16:52:21 / 4:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00882193. Id of event: nn00882193. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.5 km (6 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Mesquite (c. 15 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Moapa Valley (c. 6 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ivins (c. 6 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ivins, Moapa Valley, Mesquite (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 46 km S of Caliente, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -114.5322° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.1993° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46 km S of Caliente, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-10 16:52:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-10 16:56:05 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 automatic 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.486 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4173 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112.91 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 nn00882193 Id of event.
Event Code 00882193 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00882193, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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