Minor earthquake: M2.84 quake has struck near Walker in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Walker in CA on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -119.57382965088° West, 38.385166168213° North, depth 3.4300000667572 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/08/24 / 2024-08-20 21:13:42 / August 20, 2024 @ 9:13 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.4300000667572 km (2 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75051081, nn00882724. Id of event: nc75051081. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:13:42 / 9:13 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Johnson Lane, South Lake Tahoe, Gardnerville. The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Gardnerville Ranchos (c. 11 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Johnson Lane (c. 6 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Gardnerville (c. 5 700 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km SW of Walker, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Gardnerville Gardnerville Ranchos Johnson Lane South Lake Tahoe United States Walker

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.84 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.57382965088° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.385166168213° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.4300000667572 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17 km SW of Walker, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-20 21:13:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-20 21:16:13	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	124	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1112	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	142	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	nc75051081	Id of event.
Event Code	75051081	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75051081,nn00882724,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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