Minor earthquake: M3.2 quake has struck near Valmy in Nevada

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 52 km NE of Valmy, Nevada (32 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.992 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 19:05:23 / 7:05 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/08/25 / 2025-08-30 19:05:23 / August 30, 2025 @ 7:05 pm. Exact location of event, depth 8.992 km, -116.7151° West, 41.1466° North. Unique identifier: us7000qslh. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qslh.

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. 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.

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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. 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: 52 km NE of Valmy, Nevada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.7151° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.1466° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.992 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	52 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	2025-08-30 19:05:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-30 19:27:32	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.292	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	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.188	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.9 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	89	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	us7000qslh	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qslh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qslh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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