A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Valmy in Nevada. Exact location of earthquake, -116.7507° West, 41.1729° North, depth 7.1 km. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:57:37 / 2:57 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00904484. Id of event: nn00904484. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.1 km (4 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/25 / 2025-09-17 14:57:37 / September 17, 2025 @ 2:57 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Winnemucca (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Winnemucca (c. 7 400 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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