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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Indian Springs in Nevada

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Indian Springs in Nevada on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 03:06:35 / August 14, 2024 @ 3:06 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: nn00882322. Event ids that are associated: us6000njzb, nn00882322. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.3 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -115.7269° West, 36.61° North, depth 9.3 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:06:35 / 3:06 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (44 miles) from Las Vegas (c. 583 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Henderson (c. 257 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Paradise (c. 223 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from North Las Vegas (c. 217 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Sunrise Manor (c. 189 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Spring Valley (c. 178 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Henderson, Whitney, Enterprise.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.7269° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.61° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 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	2024-08-14 03:06:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-14 03:30:20	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	110	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.42	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	332	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	,us,nn,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.196	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.1444 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	57.42	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	nn00882322	Id of event.
Event Code	00882322	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000njzb,nn00882322,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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