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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Markleeville in CA

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Markleeville in CA. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/04/25 / 2025-04-16 11:07:20 / April 16, 2025 @ 11:07 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -1.9199999570847 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 11:07:20 / 11:07 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc75166226. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75166226, nn00896298. Exact location of event, depth -1.9199999570847 km, -119.83999633789° West, 38.676498413086° North.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Gardnerville Ranchos (c. 11 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Dayton (c. 9 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Incline Village (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dayton, Pollock Pines, Incline Village (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 4 km W of Markleeville, CA.

CA Carson City Dayton Gardnerville Ranchos Incline Village Markleeville Pollock Pines South Lake Tahoe United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.83999633789° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.676498413086° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-1.9199999570847 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km W of Markleeville, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-16 11:07:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-16 11:09:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	129	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	nc	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,nc,nn,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	49	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.4527	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.38 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	112	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nc75166226	Id of event.
Event Code	75166226	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75166226,nn00896298,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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