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Minor earthquake, 3.72 mag strikes near Markleeville in CA


Earthquake location 38.698165893555S, -119.59783172607WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.72 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Markleeville in CA on Friday. Unique identifier: nc75058116. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75058116. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.59783172607 West, latitude 38.698165893555 North, depth = -1.9500000476837 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -1.9500000476837 km (-1 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:07:06 / 12:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/09/24 / 2024-09-06 12:07:06 / September 6, 2024 @ 12:07 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Truckee, Pollock Pines, Silver Springs (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Truckee (c. 16 200 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Gardnerville Ranchos (c. 11 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Dayton (c. 9 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Incline Village (c. 8 800 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km E of Markleeville, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.72 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.59783172607° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.698165893555° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -1.9500000476837 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km E of Markleeville, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-06 12:07:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-06 12:12:38 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 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.148 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 213 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, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 88 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 95 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 nc75058116 Id of event.
Event Code 75058116 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75058116, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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