Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag has occurred near Carlin in Nevada

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Carlin in Nevada. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.4 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 21:13:50 / 9:13 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nn00609209. Event ids that are associated: nn00609209. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/10/17 / 2017-10-14 05:13:50 / October 14, 2017 @ 5:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.4727 West, latitude 40.7653 North, depth = 7.4 km.

Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Elko (c. 18 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Spring Creek (c. 12 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Spring Creek, Elko (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 seven 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.

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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. 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: 31 km W of Carlin, Nevada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.4727° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.7653° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	31km W of Carlin, Nevada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-10-14 05:13:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-10-14 05:21:57	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	2.7	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.33	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	168	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	31	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.01	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	165.96	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	nn00609209	Id of event.
Event Code	00609209	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00609209,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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