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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Walker Lake in Nevada


Earthquake location 38.7101S, -118.532WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Walker Lake in Nevada on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 23/08/24 / 2024-08-23 15:31:57 / August 23, 2024 @ 3:31 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000n90a. Event ids that are associated: us7000n90a. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:31:57 / 3:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -118.532° West, latitude 38.7101° North, depth = 5 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Fallon (c. 8 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fallon.

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 20 km ENE of Walker Lake, Nevada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.532° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.7101° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km ENE of Walker Lake, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-23 15:31:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-23 15:43:45 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 284 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.332 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000n90a Id of event.
Event Code 7000n90a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n90a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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