A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Yerington in Nevada on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.017 West, latitude 39.1591 North, depth = 11 km. The temblor was detected at 22:42:06 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: nn00889793. Event ids that are associated: nn00889793. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 22:42:06 / December 16, 2024 @ 10:42 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Gardnerville Ranchos (c. 11 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Dayton (c. 9 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sparks, Gardnerville Ranchos, Gardnerville.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 23 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada.
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