Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag was detected near Eureka in Nevada

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 35 km S of Eureka, Nevada (22 miles) on Monday. Event id: nn00583314. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00583314. The temblor was reported at 01:19:30 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/03/17 / 2017-03-27 09:19:30 / March 27, 2017 @ 9:19 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.5 km (11 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.9383 West, latitude 39.1892 North, depth = 18.5 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 35 km S of Eureka, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.9383° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.1892° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	18.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	35km S 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	2017-03-27 09:19:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-03-27 09:24:44	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	148	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	0.875	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	81.26	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	nn00583314	Id of event.
Event Code	00583314	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00583314,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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