Minor earthquake: M3 quake has struck near Alamo in Nevada

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 66 km WSW of Alamo, Nevada (41 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.8828 West, latitude 37.2005 North, depth = 4.7 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.7 km (3 miles). The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:40:23 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nn00522233. Event ids that are associated: nn00522233. Global time and date of event 11/12/15 / 2015-12-11 01:40:23 / December 11, 2015 @ 1:40 am UTC/GMT.

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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 66 km WSW of Alamo, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.8828° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.2005° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	66km WSW of Alamo, Nevada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-12-11 01:40:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-12-11 01:45:05	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	automatic	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	138	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	54	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.172	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	47.24	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	nn00522233	Id of event.
Event Code	00522233	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00522233,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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