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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Mina in Nevada


Earthquake location 38.1645S, -117.8922WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 31 km SE of Mina, Nevada (19 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.8922 West, latitude 38.1645 North, depth = 11.1 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/01/21 / 2021-01-29 04:07:18 / January 29, 2021 @ 4:07 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.1 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: nn00799122. Event ids that are associated: us6000dct1, nn00799122. The temblor was reported at 04:07:18 / 4:07 am (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days six hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km SE of Mina, Nevada. This data 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 -117.8922° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1645° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km SE 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 2021-01-29 04:07:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-29 05:16:44 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 automatic 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 nn The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,nn, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.022 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76.23 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 nn00799122 Id of event.
Event Code 00799122 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dct1,nn00799122, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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