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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Caliente in Nevada

Posted by admin on June 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.2513S, -114.6416WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Caliente in Nevada. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.3 km (2 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -114.6416 West, latitude 37.2513 North, depth = 3.3 km. Event id: nn00898573. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qid0, nn00898573. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/06/25 / 2025-06-06 07:16:12 / June 6, 2025 @ 7:16 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 07:16:12 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Washington, Saint George, Santa Clara (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 95 km (59 miles) from Saint George (c. 72 900 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Washington (c. 18 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Mesquite (c. 15 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Moapa Valley (c. 6 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Ivins (c. 6 800 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Santa Clara (c. 6 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 41 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -114.6416° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2513° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-06 07:16:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-06 07:41:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 9 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.971 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 357 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 8 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.361 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2361 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87.73 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 nn00898573 Id of event.
Event Code 00898573 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qid0,nn00898573, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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