A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Fallon in Nevada on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/05/19 / 2019-05-01 15:35:15 / May 1, 2019 @ 3:35 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: nn00683698. Unique identifier: nn00683698. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.601 West, latitude 39.0895 North, depth = 14.5 km. The temblor was detected at 07:35:15 / 7:35 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.5 km (9 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Fallon (c. 8 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Silver Springs (c. 5 300 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Silver Springs, Fallon.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 45 km SSE of Fallon, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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