A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 7 km N of Gerlach-Empire, Nevada (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:20:17 / 12:20 am (local time epicenter). Event id: nn00542908. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00542908. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/16 / 2016-05-05 07:20:17 / May 5, 2016 @ 7:20 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.4 km (10 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.3845 West, latitude 40.6473 North, depth = 15.4 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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