Minor earthquake: M3.1 quake has struck near Yerington in Nevada

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Yerington in Nevada. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.7 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 15:57:18 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -119.0629 West, latitude 39.1492 North, depth = 9.7 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 15:57:18 / December 16, 2024 @ 3:57 pm. Event id: nn00889754. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00889754.

Close 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 Incline Village, Sun Valley, Spanish Springs. The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.0629° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.1492° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20 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	2024-12-16 15:57:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-16 16:19:10	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	3.1	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.027	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.1096 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	53.82	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	nn00889754	Id of event.
Event Code	00889754	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00889754,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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