Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Nevada

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes Nevada kilometers (0 miles) from Nevada on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.7 km (2 miles). The temblor was reported at 21:50:33 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: nn00668789. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00668789. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/12/18 / 2018-12-06 21:50:33 / December 6, 2018 @ 9:50 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -118.073 West, latitude 40.616 North, depth = 3.7 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Winnemucca. The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Winnemucca (c. 7 400 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: Nevada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.073° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.616° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Nevada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-12-06 21:50:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-12-06 21:54:33	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	129	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.911	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.29 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	232.09	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	nn00668789	Id of event.
Event Code	00668789	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00668789,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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