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Minor earthquake 2.95 mag, 15 km NW of Truckee, CA


Earthquake location 39.4363327S, -120.288002WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Truckee in CA on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 17:05:04 / 5:05 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.3 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, depth 3.3 km, -120.288002° West, 39.4363327° North. Unique identifier: nc73407201. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73407201, nn00747159. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/06/20 / 2020-06-11 17:05:04 / June 11, 2020 @ 5:05 pm.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gardnerville Ranchos, Alta Sierra, Gardnerville (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km NW of Truckee, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -120.288002° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.4363327° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km NW of Truckee, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-11 17:05:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-11 17:12:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 134 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nc The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nc,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 0.08819 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc73407201 Id of event.
Event Code 73407201 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73407201,nn00747159, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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