A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Walker Lake in Nevada. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:31:58 / 3:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/08/24 / 2024-08-23 15:31:58 / August 23, 2024 @ 3:31 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n90a, nn00882856. Id of event: nn00882856. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -118.5639° West, 38.6846° North, depth 5.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.2 km (3 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fallon (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Fallon (c. 8 600 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km ENE of Walker Lake, Nevada.
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