A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 29 km SSE of Mina, Nevada (18 miles). Exact location of event, depth 13.2 km, -118.0268° West, 38.1362° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/08/20 / 2020-08-06 13:01:57 / August 6, 2020 @ 1:01 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.2 km (8 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:01:57 / 1:01 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00765949. Id of event: nn00765949.
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 four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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