A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indian Hills in Nevada. Exact location of event, depth 9.8 km, -119.7282° West, 39.1168° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.8 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/03/20 / 2020-03-22 02:53:13 / March 22, 2020 @ 2:53 am UTC/GMT. Event id: nn00719846. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00719846. The temblor was detected at 18:53:13 / 6:53 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fernley, Cold Springs, Spanish Springs (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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