Moderate earthquake: M5.7 quake has struck near Yerington in Nevada

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Yerington in Nevada. The temblor was picked up at 23:08:30 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ew1733785720, nn00888563. Unique identifier: nn00888563. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 23:08:30 / December 9, 2024 @ 11:08 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -119.0326° West, 39.1634° North, depth 0.6 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.6 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Truckee, Cold Springs, Lemmon Valley (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Truckee (c. 16 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Spanish Springs (c. 15 100 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.0326° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.1634° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.6 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22 km NNE 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 23:08:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-09 23:11:25	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	500	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	,ew,nn,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	27	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.24	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.2698 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	84.84	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	nn00888563	Id of event.
Event Code	00888563	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ew1733785720,nn00888563,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.7 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-119.0326° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

39.1634° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

0.6 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

22 km NNE 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 23:08:30

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2024-12-09 23:11:25

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

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

500

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,ew,nn,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.24

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.2698 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

84.84

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

nn00888563

Id of event.

Event Code

00888563

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,ew1733785720,nn00888563,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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