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Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag has occurred near Pinnacles in CA

Posted by admin on May 22, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.5794983S, -121.1764984WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Pinnacles in CA on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -121.1764984° West, 36.5794983° North, depth 5.5 km. All ids that are associated to the event: nc73393171. Unique identifier: nc73393171. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:46:21 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/05/20 / 2020-05-22 11:46:21 / May 22, 2020 @ 11:46 am.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aptos, Rio Del Mar, Gustine.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.1764984° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5794983° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km NNW of Pinnacles, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-22 11:46:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-22 11:52:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 136 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, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01058 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 nc73393171 Id of event.
Event Code 73393171 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73393171, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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