Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Yerington in Nevada

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Yerington in Nevada on Monday. Global time and date of event 07/04/25 / 2025-04-07 05:02:19 / April 7, 2025 @ 5:02 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: nn00895820. Unique identifier: nn00895820. Exact location of earthquake, -119.0105° West, 39.0494° North, depth 8.4 km. The temblor was detected at 05:02:19 / 5:02 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.4 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Gardnerville Ranchos (c. 11 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Dayton (c. 9 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Fallon (c. 8 600 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Indian Hills, Carson City, Gardnerville Ranchos.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km ENE of Yerington, Nevada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.0105° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.0494° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.4 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km ENE 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	2025-04-07 05:02:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-07 05:22:13	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	5.4	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	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.096	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.11 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	48.58	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	nn00895820	Id of event.
Event Code	00895820	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00895820,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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