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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Valmy in Nevada


Earthquake location 41.1513S, -116.7167WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.7167° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.1513° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.8 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 2025-08-31 05:27:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-31 06:59:38 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 246 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 0.286 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.0746 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 157.02 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 nn00903516 Id of event.
Event Code 00903516 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00903516, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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