A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Reno in Nevada. Exact location of earthquake, -119.7833° West, 39.439° North, depth 11.6 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00523690. Id of event: nn00523690. The temblor was picked up at 22:58:15 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.6 km (7 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/12/15 / 2015-12-23 06:58:15 / December 23, 2015 @ 6:58 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gardnerville Ranchos, South Lake Tahoe, Gardnerville (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 10 km (6 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km SSE of Reno, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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