A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 29 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada (18 miles). Exact location of event, depth 17.6 km, -118.9137° West, 38.3888° North. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72746895, nn00571865. Unique identifier: nn00571865. Global time and date of event 01/01/17 / 2017-01-01 09:36:29 / January 1, 2017 @ 9:36 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 01:36:29 / 1:36 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.6 km (11 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 29 km WSW of Hawthorne, Nevada.
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