Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag has occurred near Hawthorne in Nevada

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Hawthorne in Nevada on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: nn00570710. Unique identifier: nn00570710. The temblor was picked up at 00:22:11 / 12:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 08:22:11 / December 28, 2016 @ 8:22 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.6 km (12 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -118.9032 West, latitude 38.3945 North, depth = 19.6 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 114 km (71 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Gardnerville Ranchos (c. 11 300 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Dayton (c. 9 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Johnson Lane (c. 6 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Gardnerville (c. 5 700 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Indian Hills (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carson City, South Lake Tahoe, Dayton.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.9032° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.3945° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	19.6 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	28km WSW of Hawthorne, 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 08:22:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-28 08:31:11	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	73	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.8	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	535	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	78	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.333	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	42.93	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	nn00570710	Id of event.
Event Code	00570710	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00570710,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-118.9032° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

38.3945° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

19.6 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

28km WSW of Hawthorne, 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 08:22:11

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-12-28 08:31:11

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

4.8

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

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

535

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.333

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

42.93

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

nn00570710

Id of event.

Event Code

00570710

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,nn00570710,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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