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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 9.8 km, -114.9655° West, 36.3559° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.8 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/06/25 / 2025-06-05 13:52:59 / June 5, 2025 @ 1:52 pm. The temblor was reported at 13:52:59 / 1:52 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00898542. Id of event: nn00898542.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moapa Valley, Enterprise, Boulder City. Event epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Las Vegas (c. 583 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Henderson (c. 257 700 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Paradise (c. 223 200 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from North Las Vegas (c. 217 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Sunrise Manor (c. 189 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km NE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-114.9655° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.3559° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km NE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-06-05 13:52:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-06-05 13:55:33	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	,nn,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	31	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.214	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.2834 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	170.57	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	nn00898542	Id of event.
Event Code	00898542	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00898542,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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