A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Valmy in Nevada. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.776 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.7739 West, latitude 41.104 North, depth = 9.776 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000qsla. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qsla. Global time and date of event 30/08/25 / 2025-08-30 19:03:00 / August 30, 2025 @ 7:03 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:03:00 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Elko (c. 18 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Winnemucca (c. 7 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Elko, Winnemucca. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 45 km NE of Valmy, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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