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Earthquake 2.7 mag, 27 km NNE of Currant, Nevada


Earthquake location 38.9695S, -115.3436WAn earthquake with magnitude 2.7 mg/mb has occurred in 27 km NNE of Currant, Nevada. Time of event: Tuesday 16th September @ 8:00 pm UTC. Location of event: -115.3436S, 38.9695W, depth=3.0832 km. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about quake recorded in: 27 km NNE of Currant, Nevada. Did you feel it? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country.


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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.3436° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.9695° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.0832 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km NNE of Currant, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2014-09-16 20:00:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2014-09-17 12:39:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 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 112 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.649 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2124 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110.61 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 nn00459815 Id of event.
Event Code 00459815 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS nn00459815 A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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