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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag was detected near Yerington in Nevada

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Yerington in Nevada. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.0811 West, latitude 39.1325 North, depth = 7.2 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/08/25 / 2025-08-09 07:14:12 / August 9, 2025 @ 7:14 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.2 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 07:14:12 / 7:14 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qzfe, nn00902315. Id of event: nn00902315.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was South Lake Tahoe, Sun Valley, Spanish Springs (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Reno (c. 225 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Sparks (c. 90 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Carson City (c. 55 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from South Lake Tahoe (c. 21 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Fernley (c. 19 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sun Valley (c. 19 300 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km NNE of Yerington, Nevada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.0811° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.1325° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17 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	2025-08-09 07:14:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-09 07:29:28	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.348	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	189	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	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.193	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.118 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	74.27	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	nn00902315	Id of event.
Event Code	00902315	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qzfe,nn00902315,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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