A light earthquake with magnitude 4.45 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Hawthorne in Nevada. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -118.8085° West, 38.6164° North, depth 3 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/09/15 / 2015-09-08 02:15:19 / September 8, 2015 @ 2:15 am. The 4.45-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:15:19 / 7:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 3 km (2 miles). Unique identifier: nn00509589. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00509589.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Gardnerville Ranchos (c. 11 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Fallon (c. 8 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Johnson Lane (c. 6 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Gardnerville (c. 5 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Silver Springs (c. 5 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Silver Springs, Fallon, Johnson Lane.
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 fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km WNW of Hawthorne, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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