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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Dollar Point in California


Earthquake location 39.1315S, -120.054WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Dollar Point in California. The temblor was detected at 03:19:17 / 3:19 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nn00881223. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00881223. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -120.054 West, latitude 39.1315 North, depth = 8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/24 / 2024-07-21 03:19:17 / July 21, 2024 @ 3:19 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Spanish Springs, Pollock Pines, Cold Springs (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km SSE of Dollar Point, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -120.054° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.1315° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SSE of Dollar Point, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-21 03:19:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-21 03:22:20 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 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.094 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2292 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97.74 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 nn00881223 Id of event.
Event Code 00881223 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00881223, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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