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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Pioche in Nevada


Earthquake location 37.7758S, -114.307WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Pioche in Nevada. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.1 km (1 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/06/19 / 2019-06-30 23:43:36 / June 30, 2019 @ 11:43 pm. Event id: nn00688850. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00688850. The temblor was reported at 15:43:36 / 3:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 2.1 km, -114.307° West, 37.7758° North.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Ivins (c. 6 800 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Santa Clara (c. 6 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Clara, Ivins.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three 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 earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km SE of Pioche, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -114.307° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.7758° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km SE of Pioche, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-30 23:43:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-30 23:56:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.97 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 272 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, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.225 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2027 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 135.67 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 nn00688850 Id of event.
Event Code 00688850 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00688850, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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