A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Carlin in Nevada. Exact location of event, longitude -116.1868 West, latitude 40.5553 North, depth = 0 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:27:29 / 6:27 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nn00676619. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00676619. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Global time and date of event 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 02:27:29 / February 2, 2019 @ 2:27 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Elko (c. 18 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Spring Creek (c. 12 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Spring Creek, Elko (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 18 km SSW of Carlin, Nevada.
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