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Minor earthquake: M3.5 quake has struck near Yerington in Nevada

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Yerington in Nevada on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.384 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 02:23:53 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 8.384 km, -118.9971° West, 39.1018° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/12/24 / 2024-12-15 02:23:53 / December 15, 2024 @ 2:23 am. Event id: us7000nyyn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nyyn.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Gardnerville Ranchos (c. 11 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Dayton (c. 9 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Fallon (c. 8 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sparks, Gardnerville Ranchos, Indian Hills.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 19 km NE of Yerington, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.9971° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.1018° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.384 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	2024-12-15 02:23:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-15 03:01:28	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.408	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	190	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	39	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.074	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.56 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	59	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	us7000nyyn	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nyyn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nyyn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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