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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Hawthorne in Nevada


Earthquake location 38.2379S, -118.4911WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 33 km SSE of Hawthorne, Nevada (21 miles) on Sunday. Global time and date of event 21/02/21 / 2021-02-21 21:22:20 / February 21, 2021 @ 9:22 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:22:20 / 9:22 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.95 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -118.4911° West, 38.2379° North, depth 10.95 km. Id of earthquake: us6000djy8. Event ids that are associated: us6000djy8.

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days six hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 33 km SSE of Hawthorne, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.4911° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.2379° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.95 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km 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 2021-02-21 21:22:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-21 22:07:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 129 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.017 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 us6000djy8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000djy8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000djy8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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