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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Warm Springs in Nevada


Earthquake location 38.3806S, -116.6437WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 30 km NW of Warm Springs, Nevada (19 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:53:48 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -116.6437° West, 38.3806° North, depth 0 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/05/19 / 2019-05-23 09:53:48 / May 23, 2019 @ 9:53 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Id of earthquake: nn00685593. Event ids that are associated: nn00685593, us60003r3q.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 30 km NW of Warm Springs, Nevada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.6437° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.3806° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30km NW of Warm Springs, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-05-23 09:53:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-23 11:21:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.431 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nn The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nn,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 74 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.548 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2565 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66.84 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nn00685593 Id of event.
Event Code 00685593 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00685593,us60003r3q, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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