A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Indian Springs in Nevada. Global time and date of event 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 03:06:35 / August 14, 2024 @ 3:06 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000njzb. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000njzb. The temblor was reported at 03:06:35 / 3:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.877 km (12 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -115.709° West, 36.633° North, depth 19.877 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Las Vegas (c. 583 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Paradise (c. 223 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from North Las Vegas (c. 217 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sunrise Manor (c. 189 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Spring Valley (c. 178 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Enterprise (c. 108 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Whitney, Enterprise, Paradise (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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