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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Denio Junction in Nevada

Posted by admin on December 28, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 41.4447S, -119.026WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 65 km SSW of Denio Junction, Nevada (40 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -119.026° West, 41.4447° North, depth 18.3 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.3 km (11 miles). The temblor was detected at 07:10:31 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/12/15 / 2015-12-28 15:10:31 / December 28, 2015 @ 3:10 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: nn00524306. Unique identifier: nn00524306.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 65 km SSW of Denio Junction, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.026° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.4447° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65km SSW of Denio Junction, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-28 15:10:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-28 15:21:42 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 3.74 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 271 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.717 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 77.22 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 nn00524306 Id of event.
Event Code 00524306 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00524306, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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