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NVZ013-030>037-280445-
EARTHQUAKE REPORT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
542 PM PST FRI JAN 27 2012
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS BEEN FELT WEAKLY IN THE WINNEMUCCA AREA. NO
DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED...ALTHOUGH OBJECTS WERE RATTLED. THIS
REPORT WAS RECEIVED THROUGH EMERGENCY OFFICIALS IN WINNEMUCCA.
A WEATHER SPOTTER IN WINNEMUCCA REPORTED A TREMOR AT 515 PM PST
WHICH LASTED 5 SECONDS...AND ANOTHER TREMOR AT 522 PM PST WHICH
LASTED 2 SECONDS. LAMPS AND LIQUIDS WERE RATTLED BUT NO DAMAGE
OCCURRED. 
THE UNITES STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORTS THE EPICENTER TO BE AT
ABOUT 40.348 DEGREES NORTH...117.704 WEST...OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST
OF MCCOY...NEVADA. THE INITIAL MAGNITUDE IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT
2.7. THE TIME WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 449 PM PST.
INFORMATION RELEASED IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY. UPDATES...
INCLUDING RICHTER SCALE MAGNITUDE...WILL BE PROVIDED AS MORE
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE
INFORMATION CENTER IN GOLDEN COLORADO.
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