A light earthquake magnitude 4.07 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Dollar Point in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -120.1125031° West, 39.2316666° North, depth 0.73 km. Event id: nc73078235. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73078235, nn00654041. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:08:09 / 2:08 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 0.73 km (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/08/18 / 2018-08-30 22:08:09 / August 30, 2018 @ 10:08 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Auburn, North Auburn, Diamond Springs (min 5000 pop).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km NNW of Dollar Point, CA.
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