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Minor earthquake 3.31 mag, 4 km NW of Redding, California

Posted by admin on May 6, 2015 1 Comment

Earthquake location 40.6141663S, -122.425499WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.31 (mg/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Redding in California. The temblor was reported at 11:30:46 / 11:30 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 22.69 km (14 miles). Global time of event 06/05/15 / 2015-05-06 18:30:46 / May 6, 2015 @ 6:30 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -122.425499 West, latitude 40.6141663 North, depth 22.69 km, unique identifier, nc72444316.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 4 km (3 miles) from Redding (c. 89 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Red Bluff (c. 14 100 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Shasta Lake (c. 10 200 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Anderson (c. 9 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Corning (c. 7 700 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corning, Red Bluff, Anderson.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.31 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.425499° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.6141663° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km NW of Redding, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-06 18:30:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-06 18:35:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.2 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 172 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.08671 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 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 nc72444316 Id of event.
Event Code 72444316 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72444316, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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  1. Dan Dulava

    Address: 7897 Deer Hollow Court, Radding, Ca

    This was a short jolt, house responding as if something ruptured. No swaying, just a sharp 1 second jolt. I felt the same jolts in Lafayette, CA many times. But never in Redding, until now.

    May 6, 2015
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