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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Austin in Nevada


Earthquake location 39.4683S, -117.8033WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 63 km W of Austin, Nevada (39 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00797681. Id of event: nn00797681. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/01/21 / 2021-01-16 23:28:04 / January 16, 2021 @ 11:28 pm. The temblor was picked up at 23:28:04 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.8033 West, latitude 39.4683 North, depth = 7.1 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.1 km (4 miles).

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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 63 km W of Austin, Nevada.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.8033° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.4683° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km W of Austin, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-16 23:28:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-16 23:40:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 129 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.287 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87.91 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 nn00797681 Id of event.
Event Code 00797681 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00797681, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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