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Minor earthquake 3.1 mag, 24 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada


Earthquake location 39.1735S, -119.0211WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.0211° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.1735° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 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 2024-12-13 04:45:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-13 05:43:14 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 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 148 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 ,nn, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.015 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1063 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62.21 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 nn00889414 Id of event.
Event Code 00889414 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00889414, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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