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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Indian Springs in Nevada


Earthquake location 36.633S, -115.709WA 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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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: 7 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.709° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.633° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.877 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km NNW 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 2024-08-14 03:06:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-14 03:16:35 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 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.463 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 28 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 us6000njzb Id of event.
Event Code 6000njzb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000njzb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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