A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Truckee in California. Exact location of event, depth 3.23 km, -120.168335° West, 39.4160004° North. Event id: nc72713711. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72713711, nn00563764. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.23 km (2 miles). The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:38:34 / 9:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/10/16 / 2016-10-17 04:38:34 / October 17, 2016 @ 4:38 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gardnerville Ranchos, Gardnerville, Johnson Lane (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 9 km N of Truckee, California.
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