Minor earthquake: M2.98 quake strikes near Ferndale in California

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (mg/mb) was reported Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Ferndale in California. The temblor was reported at 05:19:07 / 5:19 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 19.8 km (12 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-31 01:19:07 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -124.3874969 West, latitude 40.2891655 North, depth 19.8 km.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.98 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.3874969° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.2891655° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	19.8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34km SSW of Ferndale, California	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-01-31 01:19:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-01-31 01:22:23	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	137	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	15	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.08545	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.12 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	246	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	nc72389381	Id of event.
Event Code	72389381	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	nc72389381	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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