Minor earthquake, 2.92 mag strikes near Loyalton in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Loyalton in CA. The temblor was detected at 06:41:50 / 6:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -120.31316375732° West, 39.550834655762° North, depth 4.710000038147 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.710000038147 km (3 miles). Event id: nc75202441. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75202441, nn00899790. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/06/25 / 2025-06-30 06:41:50 / June 30, 2025 @ 6:41 am.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Johnson Lane, South Lake Tahoe. The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 15 km SW of Loyalton, CA.

Alta Sierra CA Carson City Johnson Lane Loyalton Reno South Lake Tahoe Sparks Sun Valley United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.92 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-120.31316375732° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.550834655762° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.710000038147 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15 km SW of Loyalton, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-06-30 06:41:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-06-30 06:44:15	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	131	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,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	0.2747	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.23 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	75	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nc75202441	Id of event.
Event Code	75202441	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75202441,nn00899790,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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