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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 23 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada


Earthquake location 39.1701S, -119.0201WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Yerington in Nevada on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/24 / 2024-12-10 00:39:56 / December 10, 2024 @ 12:39 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.3 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.0201 West, latitude 39.1701 North, depth = 6.3 km. Id of earthquake: nn00888661. Event ids that are associated: us7000nxg9, nn00888661. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:39:56 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 87 km (54 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lemmon Valley, South Lake Tahoe, Incline Village (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.0201° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.1701° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 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 2024-12-10 00:39:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-10 01:02:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.035 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 261 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,nn, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.252 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1385 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42.06 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 nn00888661 Id of event.
Event Code 00888661 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nxg9,nn00888661, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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