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Minor earthquake 3.4 mag, 19 km NE of Yerington, Nevada


Earthquake location 39.1272S, -119.027WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Yerington in Nevada. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/12/24 / 2024-12-13 15:33:35 / December 13, 2024 @ 3:33 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.7 km (2 miles). The temblor was picked up at 15:33:35 / 3:33 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nn00889492. Event ids that are associated: nn00889492. Exact location of event, longitude -119.027 West, latitude 39.1272 North, depth = 3.7 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sun Valley, Incline Village, Spanish Springs (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km NE of Yerington, Nevada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.027° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.1272° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 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 2024-12-13 15:33:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-13 15:37:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 178 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.218 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2918 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83.63 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 nn00889492 Id of event.
Event Code 00889492 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00889492, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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