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


Earthquake location 39.6052S, -115.8755WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 12 km NE of Eureka, Nevada (7 miles) on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 06:57:50 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00547818. Id of event: nn00547818. Global time and date of event 13/06/16 / 2016-06-13 13:57:50 / June 13, 2016 @ 1:57 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -115.8755° West, latitude 39.6052° North, depth = 21 km.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days 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.

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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: 12 km NE of Eureka, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.8755° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.6052° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km NE of Eureka, Nevada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-06-13 13:57:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-13 14:04:07 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 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 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.958 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72.96 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 nn00547818 Id of event.
Event Code 00547818 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00547818, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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