Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Tonopah in Nevada

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 29 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada (18 miles) on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 09:09:15 / December 28, 2016 @ 9:09 am UTC/GMT. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:09:15 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 7.3 km (5 miles). Id of earthquake: nn00570739. Event ids that are associated: nn00570739. Exact location of event, longitude -117.552 West, latitude 38.152 North, depth = 7.3 km.

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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 29 km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-117.552° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.152° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	29km WNW of Tonopah, Nevada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-12-28 09:09:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-28 09:14:36	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	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	9	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.556	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	130.17	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	nn00570739	Id of event.
Event Code	00570739	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00570739,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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