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Light earthquake 4.59 mag, 51 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada


Earthquake location 37.1454S, -117.2584WA light earthquake magnitude 4.59 (mg/mb) was reported Friday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Beatty in Nevada. The temblor was reported at 06:28:56 / 6:28 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 17.8396 km (11 miles). Global time of event 2015-02-14 02:28:56 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Beatty in Nevada, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -117.2584 West, latitude 37.1454 North, depth 17.8396 km.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.59 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.2584° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.1454° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.8396 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51km WNW of Beatty, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-14 02:28:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-14 02:42:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2 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 1 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 326 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 atcinn A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.173 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2002 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 139.19 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 nn00482627 Id of event.
Event Code 00482627 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS at00njqpk9ci37316264nn00482627 A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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