Minor earthquake, 2.82 mag has occurred near Dollar Point in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Dollar Point in CA on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -2.039999961853 km (-1 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:19:55 / 2:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -120.0179977417° West, latitude 39.12483215332° North, depth = -2.039999961853 km. Unique identifier: nc75037262. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75037262, nn00881188. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/24 / 2024-07-20 14:19:55 / July 20, 2024 @ 2:19 pm UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Silver Springs, Spanish Springs, Pollock Pines (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.82 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-120.0179977417° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.12483215332° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-2.039999961853 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km SE of Dollar Point, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-20 14:19:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-20 14:22:25	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	122	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	13	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1179	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.27 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	90	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	nc75037262	Id of event.
Event Code	75037262	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75037262,nn00881188,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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