Earthquake: M 2.51 quake strikes near Reno in Nevada

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.51 (mg/mb) was reported Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Reno in Nevada. The temblor was reported at 01:29:11 / 1:29 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 5.2541 km (3 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-26 09:29:11 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -119.8158 West, latitude 39.3973 North, depth 5.2541 km.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gardnerville Ranchos, Fernley, South Lake Tahoe.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.51 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.8158° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.3973° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.2541 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14km S of Reno, Nevada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-01-26 21:29:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-01-26 22:11:43	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	98	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	0.018	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.0891 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	51.96	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	nn00479239	Id of event.
Event Code	00479239	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	nn00479239	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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