Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 54 km NE of Valmy, Nevada

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 54 km NE of Valmy, Nevada (34 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:28:25 / 1:28 am (local time epicenter). Event id: nn00904824. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qxhv, nn00904824. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.2 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.6805 West, latitude 41.1453 North, depth = 7.2 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/09/25 / 2025-09-20 01:28:25 / September 20, 2025 @ 1:28 am UTC/GMT.

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fifty and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km NE of Valmy, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.6805° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.1453° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	54 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	2025-09-20 01:28:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-22 23:33:10	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	121	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	13	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.26	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.1673 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	157.61	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	nn00904824	Id of event.
Event Code	00904824	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qxhv,nn00904824,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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