A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Yerington in Nevada on Friday. Event id: nn00889414. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00889414. Exact location, longitude -119.0211° West, latitude 39.1735° North, depth = 5.5 km. Global time and date of event 13/12/24 / 2024-12-13 04:45:37 / December 13, 2024 @ 4:45 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.5 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:45:37 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sun Valley, Spanish Springs, Reno. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 24 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada.
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