Truckee, CA…A 4.7 magnitude quake shook things up last evening. It was centered about 23 miles north of Truckee in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Magnitude 4.7
Date-Time

Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 06:37:09 UTC
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 11:37:09 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 39.605°N, 120.470°W
Depth 13.7 km (8.5 miles)
Region NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Distances

15 km (9 miles) SSE (153°) from Whitehawk, CA
17 km (11 miles) SSE (151°) from Valley Ranch, CA
18 km (11 miles) SSE (151°) from Clio, CA
37 km (23 miles) NW (322°) from Truckee, CA
56 km (35 miles) W (279°) from Reno, NV
145 km (90 miles) NE (36°) from Sacramento, CA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 0.6 km (0.4 miles)
Parameters Nph= 20, Dmin=2 km, Rmss=0.08 sec, Gp= 79°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source

California Integrated Seismic Net:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR

Event ID nc71671056