A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Fernley in Nevada. Exact location of event, longitude -119.0655 West, latitude 39.5873 North, depth = 10.4 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:31:19 / 10:31 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/03/20 / 2020-03-25 06:31:19 / March 25, 2020 @ 6:31 am. Unique identifier: nn00720284. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00720284. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.4 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cold Springs, Carson City, Lemmon Valley (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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: 16 km E of Fernley, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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