Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 37 km NE of Gabbs, Nevada

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 37 km NE of Gabbs, Nevada (23 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:50:24 / 12:50 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nn00560303. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00560303. Exact location of earthquake, -117.5965° West, 39.0965° North, depth 14.9 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/16 / 2016-09-16 19:50:24 / September 16, 2016 @ 7:50 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.9 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 37 km NE of Gabbs, Nevada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-117.5965° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.0965° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	37km NE 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	2016-09-16 19:50:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-09-16 19:53:29	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	121	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	15	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.036	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	297.81	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	nn00560303	Id of event.
Event Code	00560303	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00560303,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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