A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Yerington in Nevada. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 0 km (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:40:16 / 11:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -118.7905 West, latitude 39.0777 North, depth = 0 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/12/16 / 2016-12-04 07:40:16 / December 4, 2016 @ 7:40 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: nn00568373. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72732805, nn00568373.
Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Gardnerville Ranchos (c. 11 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Dayton (c. 9 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Fallon (c. 8 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Johnson Lane (c. 6 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Indian Hills, Gardnerville Ranchos, Carson City. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 33 km ENE of Yerington, Nevada.
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