Posted on 02/21/2008 6:32:50 AM PST by NY.SS-Bar9
Magnitude 6.3 Date-Time
* Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 14:16:05 UTC * Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 06:16:05 AM at epicenter
Location 41.076°N, 114.771°W Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program Region NEVADA Distances
* 17 km (11 miles) ESE (103°) from Wells, NV * 32 km (20 miles) NNW (343°) from Spruce, NV * 39 km (24 miles) S (183°) from Wilkins, NV * 70 km (43 miles) WNW (303°) from West Wendover, NV * 244 km (152 miles) W (279°) from Salt Lake City, UT
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 3.6 km (2.2 miles); depth fixed by location program Parameters NST=143, Nph=143, Dmin=53.9 km, Rmss=1.45 sec, Gp= 22°, M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=7 Source
* U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID us2008nsa9
Thanks for posting. BTTT!
That’s funny — I didn’t feel a thing....
;o]
Considered Moderate
You OK?
You’re in Baghdad, and you’re asking her if SHE’S okay?..........
Pretty good size quake if your near the epicenter.
Ping
Close to your neck o’ the woods??
Well, we didn't just have an earthquake. ;-)
Yes! Thanks for asking! :-)
Did wake me up, though!
Given a choice between being in an earthquake and being in Baghdad, I think I’d choose the earthquake.............
Sparsely populated area near I-80....NE Nevada....Interesting place for a quake
Well, I can’t make that work. Nevermind.
Everything kool? I got relatives in Vegas.........
This was a long way from Vegas.
From the coordinates, looks like the epicenter is a couple miles south of I-80, about 10 miles east of Wells, NV.
Pretty routine for the Basin and Range. Nevada is stretching apart, and there are numerous North-South faults (on the edges of each moutain range). The ranges swing higher as if on a hinge, and when they do by several feet, you have one of these earthquakes.
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