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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Gardnerville Ranchos in Nevada


Earthquake location 38.7874S, -119.624WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Gardnerville Ranchos in Nevada on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.4 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:53:19 / 1:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 6.4 km, -119.624° West, 38.7874° North. Event id: nn00607136. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00607136, nc72899431. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/09/17 / 2017-09-26 21:53:19 / September 26, 2017 @ 9:53 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Truckee (c. 16 200 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Gardnerville Ranchos (c. 11 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Dayton (c. 9 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Truckee, Incline Village, Dayton (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 one and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km SE of Gardnerville Ranchos, Nevada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.624° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.7874° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km SE of Gardnerville Ranchos, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-26 21:53:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-26 22:08:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 reviewed 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 130 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,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.107 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1893 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45.1 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 nn00607136 Id of event.
Event Code 00607136 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00607136,nc72899431, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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