A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Gabbs in Nevada. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/16 / 2016-12-14 18:20:08 / December 14, 2016 @ 6:20 pm. Exact location, longitude -118.2253° West, latitude 38.9594° North, depth = 3 km. The temblor was reported at 10:20:08 / 10:20 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 3 km (2 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: nn00569561. Unique identifier: nn00569561.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Fallon (c. 8 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fallon.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 28 km WNW of Gabbs, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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