Minor earthquake: M3.3 quake has struck near Gabbs in Nevada

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Gabbs in Nevada on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.1 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: nn00517795. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00517795. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:27:16 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/11/15 / 2015-11-05 14:27:16 / November 5, 2015 @ 2:27 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -118.147 West, latitude 38.9475 North, depth = 10.1 km.

Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Fallon (c. 8 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fallon (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.147° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.9475° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.1 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-11-05 14:27:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-11-05 14:51:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	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	168	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	,nn,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	68	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.107	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.2335 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	70.48	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	nn00517795	Id of event.
Event Code	00517795	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00517795,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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