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Earthquake 6.05 mag, 6 km NW of American Canyon, California


Earthquake location 38.2141685S, -122.3191681WAn earthquake with magnitude 6.05 mg/mb has occurred in 6 km NW of American Canyon, California. Time of event: Sunday 24th August @ 10:20 am UTC. Location of event: -122.3191681S, 38.2141685W, depth=10.75 km. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about quake recorded in: 6 km NW of American Canyon, California. Did you feel it? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country.


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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.05 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.3191681° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.2141685° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km NW of American Canyon, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2014-08-24 10:20:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2014-08-24 11:26:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2453 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 8.75 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level orange 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 1 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 1560 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 atncus A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 96 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.03051 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 27 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc72282711 Id of event.
Event Code 72282711 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS at00nat3eknc72282711usb000s5tp A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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