Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag was detected near Valmy in Nevada

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 55 km NE of Valmy, Nevada (34 miles). Exact location, longitude -116.7169° West, latitude 41.1838° North, depth = 9.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.2 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/25 / 2025-07-16 07:09:18 / July 16, 2025 @ 7:09 am. The temblor was picked up at 07:09:18 / 7:09 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nn00900692. Unique identifier: nn00900692.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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: 55 km NE of Valmy, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.7169° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.1838° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	55 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	2025-07-16 07:09:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-16 07:34:39	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	158	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	7	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.305	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.0863 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	124.49	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	nn00900692	Id of event.
Event Code	00900692	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00900692,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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