Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Valmy in Nevada

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 56 km NE of Valmy, Nevada (35 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -116.6932 West, latitude 41.1775 North, depth = 0 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). Id of earthquake: nn00904247. Event ids that are associated: us7000qsjs, nn00904247. Global time and date of event 30/08/25 / 2025-08-30 12:20:16 / August 30, 2025 @ 12:20 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 12:20:16 / 12:20 pm (local time epicenter).

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 thirty-four, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 56 km NE of Valmy, Nevada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.6932° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.1775° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56 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 12:20:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-12 23:39:26	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	129	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	,us,nn,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	6	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.181	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.0744 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	159.45	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	nn00904247	Id of event.
Event Code	00904247	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qsjs,nn00904247,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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