Moderate earthquake, 5.59 mag strikes near Hawthorne in Nevada

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.59 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Hawthorne in Nevada. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/12/16 / 2016-12-28 09:13:47 / December 28, 2016 @ 9:13 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72744640. Unique identifier: nc72744640. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -118.8820038 West, latitude 38.3893318 North, depth = 12.8 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.8 km (8 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:13:47 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 113 km (70 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Gardnerville Ranchos (c. 11 300 pop), 113 km (70 miles) from Dayton (c. 9 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Johnson Lane (c. 6 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Gardnerville (c. 5 700 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Indian Hills (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was South Lake Tahoe, Dayton, Indian Hills.

In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.59 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.8820038° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.3893318° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	12.8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	27km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-12-28 09:13:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-28 09:31:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	46	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.6	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	502	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,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	90	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3271	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.19 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	136	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mw	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nc72744640	Id of event.
Event Code	72744640	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc72744640,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.59 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-118.8820038° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

38.3893318° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

12.8 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

27km SW of Hawthorne, Nevada

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2016-12-28 09:13:47

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-12-28 09:31:05

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-480

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

4.6

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

502

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,nc,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.3271

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.19 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

136

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

nc72744640

Id of event.

Event Code

72744640

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,nc72744640,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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