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Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Alamo in Nevada


Earthquake location 37.8143S, -115.1477WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 49 km N of Alamo, Nevada (30 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.2 km (6 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:19:10 / 8:19 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/02/20 / 2020-02-06 16:19:10 / February 6, 2020 @ 4:19 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.1477 West, latitude 37.8143 North, depth = 10.2 km. All ids that are associated to the event: nn00716641. Unique identifier: nn00716641.

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine 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. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 49 km N of Alamo, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.1477° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.8143° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 49km N 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 2020-02-06 16:19:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-06 17:11:51 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 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 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.415 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.0875 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108.07 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 nn00716641 Id of event.
Event Code 00716641 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00716641, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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