Minor earthquake: M3.2 quake has struck near Wells in Nevada

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Wells in Nevada on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 0 km, -114.9249° West, 41.1964° North. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:41:52 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: nn00569734. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00569734. Global time and date of event 16/12/16 / 2016-12-16 20:41:52 / December 16, 2016 @ 8:41 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Spring Creek (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Spring Creek (c. 12 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km NNE of Wells, Nevada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-114.9249° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.1964° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9km NNE of Wells, Nevada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-12-16 20:41:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-16 21:06:30	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.01	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	158	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	7	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.51	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.1253 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	164.96	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	nn00569734	Id of event.
Event Code	00569734	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00569734,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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