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Moderate earthquake 5.6 mag, 26 km NE of Yerington, Nevada

Posted by admin on December 9, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.1806S, -118.9951WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Yerington in Nevada. The temblor was reported at 23:08:31 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 7.7 km, -118.9951° West, 39.1806° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.7 km (5 miles). Id of earthquake: nn00888580. Event ids that are associated: us7000nxf1, ew1733785720, nn00888580, nn00888563. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 23:08:31 / December 9, 2024 @ 11:08 pm.

Nearby 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 Truckee, Cold Springs, South Lake Tahoe. Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop), 104 km (64 miles) from Truckee (c. 16 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Spanish Springs (c. 15 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 26 km NE of Yerington, Nevada.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.9951° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.1806° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km NE of Yerington, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-09 23:08:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-09 23:32:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6300 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 7.014 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 1092 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 ,us,ew,nn,nn, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.273 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1341 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41.54 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 nn00888580 Id of event.
Event Code 00888580 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nxf1,ew1733785720,nn00888580,nn00888563, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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