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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag was detected near Eureka in Nevada


Earthquake location 39.3745S, -115.4397WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 47 km ESE of Eureka, Nevada (29 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00568385. Id of event: nn00568385. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/12/16 / 2016-12-04 13:08:18 / December 4, 2016 @ 1:08 pm. Exact location, longitude -115.4397° West, latitude 39.3745° North, depth = 10.2 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.2 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:08:18 / 5:08 am (local time epicenter).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 47 km ESE of Eureka, Nevada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.4397° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.3745° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47km ESE of Eureka, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-04 13:08:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-04 13:14:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 168 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.068 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 118.77 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 nn00568385 Id of event.
Event Code 00568385 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00568385, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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