Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Valmy in Nevada

A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Valmy in Nevada on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us7000pz64. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pz64. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.8045 West, latitude 41.1009 North, depth = 8.639 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/05/25 / 2025-05-14 12:35:17 / May 14, 2025 @ 12:35 pm. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:35:17 / 12:35 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.639 km (5 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Winnemucca (c. 7 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Winnemucca (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km NE of Valmy, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.8045° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.1009° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.639 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	43 km NE of Valmy, Nevada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-05-14 12:35:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-14 12:50:15	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	246	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	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.239	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.6 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	85	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	us7000pz64	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pz64	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pz64,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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