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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Alamo in Nevada


Earthquake location 37.4527S, -115.5333WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 34 km WNW of Alamo, Nevada (21 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:49:48 / 12:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/01/20 / 2020-01-26 20:49:48 / January 26, 2020 @ 8:49 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5333 West, latitude 37.4527 North, depth = 17.7 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.7 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: nn00715958. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00715958.

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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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: 34 km WNW of Alamo, Nevada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.5333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.4527° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km WNW of Alamo, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-26 20:49:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-26 20:54:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 121 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.253 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105.13 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 nn00715958 Id of event.
Event Code 00715958 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00715958, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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