Minor earthquake, 2.94 mag strikes near Dollar Point in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Dollar Point in CA on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/24 / 2024-07-21 03:19:19 / July 21, 2024 @ 3:19 am. The temblor was picked up at 03:19:19 / 3:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5.3 km, -120.03366666667° West, 39.133666666667° North. Event id: nc75037427. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00881223, us7000n0kt, nc75037427. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.3 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Silver Springs, Spanish Springs, Pollock Pines (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km SSE of Dollar Point, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Carson City Dollar Point Pollock Pines Reno Silver Springs South Lake Tahoe Spanish Springs Sparks Sun Valley United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.94 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-120.03366666667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.133666666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 km SSE 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	2024-07-21 03:19:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-22 19:54:58	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	27	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	143	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	,nn,us,nc,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.103	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	60	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	nc75037427	Id of event.
Event Code	75037427	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00881223,us7000n0kt,nc75037427,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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