A light earthquake magnitude 4.12 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Truckee in California on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/06/17 / 2017-06-27 09:09:21 / June 27, 2017 @ 9:09 am. The temblor was reported at 01:09:21 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -1.53 km (-1 miles). Exact location, longitude -120.3323364° West, latitude 39.4679985° North, depth = -1.53 km. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72822096. Unique identifier: nc72822096. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Truckee (c. 16 200 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Placerville, Auburn, North Auburn (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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