Minor earthquake: M3.21 quake strikes near Ferndale in California

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (mg/mb) was reported Wednesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Ferndale in California. The temblor was reported at 08:32:49 / 8:32 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 8.65 km (5 miles). Global time of event 11/03/15 / 2015-03-11 16:32:49 / March 11, 2015 @ 4:32 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -124.9615021 West, latitude 40.4256668 North, depth 8.65 km, unique identifier, nc72409530.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, Fortuna.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.21 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.9615021° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.4256668° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.65 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	61km WSW 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	2015-03-11 16:32:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-03-11 16:40:47	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	159	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	38	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.5276	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.37 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	265	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	nc72409530	Id of event.
Event Code	72409530	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc72409530,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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