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Silver Peak NV / Weak shaking (MMI III) / vibration and rolling / 20-30 s : It vibrated the building from North to South. It rattled my furniture. It was noisy (reported through our app)
Light mag. 3.4 earthquake - Nevada, USA, on Thursday, Jan 20, 2022 at 7:45 am (GMT -8) -
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Light magnitude 3.4 earthquake at 9 km depth
20 Jan 15:49 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 5 minutes.
20 Jan 15:50: Now using data updates from USGS
21 Jan 02:38: Magnitude recalculated from 3.7 to 3.4.
20 Jan 15:50: Now using data updates from USGS
21 Jan 02:38: Magnitude recalculated from 3.7 to 3.4.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jan 20, 2022 15:45:10 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Thursday, Jan 20, 2022 at 7:45 am (GMT -8) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.4 |
| Depth | 9.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 38.1827°N / 117.7655°W  (Esmeralda, Nevada, United States) |
| Antipode | 38.183°S / 62.235°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking |
| Felt | 1 report |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Long Valley (111 km / 69 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 38 km (24 mi) SE of Mina (pop: 155) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 49 km (30 mi) WNW of Tonopah (pop: 2,480) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) ESE of Hawthorne (pop: 3,270) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 105 km (65 mi) NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek (California) (pop: 2,650) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 121 km (75 mi) ENE of Mammoth Lakes (California) (pop: 7,950) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 151 km (94 mi) SE of Yerington (pop: 3,060) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 168 km (105 mi) SSE of Fallon (pop: 8,460) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 187 km (116 mi) SE of Silver Springs Station (Lyon County) (pop: 5,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 197 km (123 mi) SE of Dayton (Lyon County) (pop: 8,960) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 204 km (127 mi) SE of Fernley (Lyon County) (pop: 19,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Scattered Clouds  -8°C (18 F), humidity: 64%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from NNW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 7.9 x 109 joules (2.21 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.9 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.4 | 9 km | 37 Km SE of Mina, Nevada | USGS |
| 3.5 | 9 km | NEVADA | EMSC |
| 3.4 | 9 km | Nevada | RaspberryShake |
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