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Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag was detected near Yerington in Nevada

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Yerington in Nevada on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.9 km (6 miles). The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:24:58 / 10:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/07/25 / 2025-07-17 10:24:58 / July 17, 2025 @ 10:24 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qd6t, nn00900754. Id of event: nn00900754. Exact location of event, depth 9.9 km, -119.0383° West, 39.1662° North.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lemmon Valley, South Lake Tahoe, Incline Village (min 5000 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 seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.0383° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.1662° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-17 10:24:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-17 10:47:02	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	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	211	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	,us,nn,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	8	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.24	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.0677 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	41.62	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	nn00900754	Id of event.
Event Code	00900754	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qd6t,nn00900754,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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