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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Carlin in Nevada


Earthquake location 40.7616S, -116.4282WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Carlin in Nevada. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/07/24 / 2024-07-13 15:32:40 / July 13, 2024 @ 3:32 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -116.4282 West, latitude 40.7616 North, depth = 4.2 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.2 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 15:32:40 / 3:32 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nn00880862. Event ids that are associated: nn00880862.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Spring Creek, Elko (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Elko (c. 18 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Spring Creek (c. 12 400 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 0 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.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 27 km W of Carlin, Nevada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.4282° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.7616° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27 km W of Carlin, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-13 15:32:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-13 20:07:15 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 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.195 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.0979 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62.26 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 nn00880862 Id of event.
Event Code 00880862 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00880862, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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