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Minor earthquake 3.25 mag, 14 km WNW of Templeton, California


Earthquake location 35.5756683S, -120.8613358WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (mg/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Templeton in California. The temblor was reported at 14:28:27 / 2:28 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 5.64 km (4 miles). Global time of event 19/04/15 / 2015-04-19 21:28:27 / April 19, 2015 @ 9:28 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -120.8613358 West, latitude 35.5756683 North, depth 5.64 km, unique identifier, nc72431135.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Santa Maria (c. 99 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from San Luis Obispo (c. 45 100 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Atascadero (c. 28 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Arroyo Grande (c. 17 300 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Avenal, Santa Maria, Coalinga.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.25 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -120.8613358° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.5756683° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km WNW of Templeton, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-04-19 21:28:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-04-19 21:37:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 20 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.9 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 168 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 83 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05576 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 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 nc72431135 Id of event.
Event Code 72431135 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72431135, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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