Minor earthquake 3.4 mag, 26 km SSE of Mina, Nevada

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 26 km SSE of Mina, Nevada (16 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.2 km (10 miles). The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:19:38 / 11:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -118.0297° West, latitude 38.1607° North, depth = 16.2 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/05/20 / 2020-05-15 11:19:38 / May 15, 2020 @ 11:19 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: nn00742885. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00742885.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three hundred and eighty-nine, in the last 10 days three hundred and ninety-five, in the past 30 days four hundred and eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.0297° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.1607° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26 km SSE of Mina, Nevada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-05-15 11:19:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-06-04 17:07:37	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.12	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	180	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	5	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.29	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.1081 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	303.67	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	nn00742885	Id of event.
Event Code	00742885	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00742885,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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