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Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - 30 mi west of Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, USA, on Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 02:06 GMT

Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - 30 mi west of Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, USA, on Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 02:06 GMT

Moderate magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 13 km depth

26 Jul 02:18 UTC: First to report: USGS after 12 minutes.
Jul 26 02:20: Magnitude recalculated from 4.2 to 4.4.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 16.6 to 15.4 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 15.4 to 11.8 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 11.8 to 12.6 km.
Date & time: Jul 26, 2020 02:06:28 UTC
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 12.6 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 38.1836°N / 117.7546°W (Esmeralda, Nevada, United States)
Antipode: 38.184°S / 62.245°E
Nearest volcano: Long Valley (112 km / 70 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
39 km (24 mi) SE of Mina (pop: 155) --> See nearby quakes!
48 km (30 mi) WNW of Tonopah (pop: 2,480) --> See nearby quakes!
85 km (53 mi) ESE of Hawthorne (pop: 3,270) --> See nearby quakes!
206 km (128 mi) ESE of Carson City (pop: 54,500) --> See nearby quakes!
229 km (142 mi) NE of Clovis (California) (pop: 104,200) --> See nearby quakes!
229 km (142 mi) SE of Sparks (pop: 96,100) --> See nearby quakes!
233 km (145 mi) SE of Reno (pop: 241,400) --> See nearby quakes!
239 km (149 mi) NE of Fresno (California) (pop: 520,100) --> See nearby quakes!
247 km (153 mi) NNE of Visalia (California) (pop: 130,100) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 2.5 x 1011 joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.DepthLocationSource
4.413 km38 km SE of Mina, Nevada (USA)USGS
4.217 kmNevada (USA)EMSC

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Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California (449.3 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)
North side of Tonopah. / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : I live on the north side of Tonopah in apartments. There were two quakes in one. The first got my attention and when the second one hit, I thought I would run outside. It was over before I could reach the door unlike the 6.5 2hich I couldn't get the door   
92804 / not felt
Tonopah (United States, 45 km E of epicenter) : I felt it inside my house. It rippled through the ground. It sounded like a truck was running over the house. (reported through EMSC)  
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