A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Valmy in Nevada. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/08/25 / 2025-08-31 05:27:39 / August 31, 2025 @ 5:27 am. The temblor was reported at 05:27:39 / 5:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: nn00903516. Event ids that are associated: nn00903516. Exact location of event, depth 8.8 km, -116.7167° West, 41.1513° North.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Winnemucca, Elko (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from Elko (c. 18 300 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Winnemucca (c. 7 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days fourty-three 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 52 km NE of Valmy, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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