Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag was detected near Indian Hills in Nevada

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Indian Hills in Nevada. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 13:30:45 / December 20, 2018 @ 1:30 pm. Id of earthquake: nn00670948. Event ids that are associated: nn00670948. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.6 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -119.726° West, 39.1147° North, depth 10.6 km. The temblor was detected at 05:30:45 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fernley, Cold Springs, Spanish Springs. The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.726° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.1147° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.6 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km ENE of Indian Hills, Nevada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-12-20 13:30:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-12-20 13:40:46	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.5	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.15	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	179	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	25	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.098	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.13 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	57.54	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	nn00670948	Id of event.
Event Code	00670948	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00670948,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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