A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Valmy in Nevada. Id of earthquake: nn00903475. Event ids that are associated: us7000qsla, nn00903475. The temblor was detected at 19:02:59 / 7:02 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.2 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/08/25 / 2025-08-30 19:02:59 / August 30, 2025 @ 7:02 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 4.2 km, -116.7298° West, 41.2565° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Winnemucca. Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Winnemucca (c. 7 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 61 km NNE of Valmy, Nevada.
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