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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Hawthorne in Nevada

Posted by admin on March 17, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.1391S, -118.3692WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Hawthorne in Nevada. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:56:39 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 6.6 km (4 miles). Unique identifier: nn00719232. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00719232. Exact location of event, depth 6.6 km, -118.3692° West, 38.1391° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/03/20 / 2020-03-16 23:56:39 / March 16, 2020 @ 11:56 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 48 km SSE of Hawthorne, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.3692° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1391° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km SSE of Hawthorne, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-16 23:56:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-17 00:11:53 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 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 121 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.155 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1686 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58.32 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 nn00719232 Id of event.
Event Code 00719232 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00719232, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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