Minor earthquake 3.75 mag, 13 km N of Simmler, California

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.75 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Simmler in California on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/02/16 / 2016-02-08 06:20:42 / February 8, 2016 @ 6:20 am. Exact location of event, longitude -119.9775009 West, latitude 35.4666672 North, depth = 7.14 km. The temblor was detected at 22:20:42 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci37521568. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37521568, nc72590151. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.14 km (4 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Huron, Coalinga, Morro Bay (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Santa Maria (c. 99 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Luis Obispo (c. 45 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Orcutt (c. 28 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Atascadero (c. 28 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 13 km N of Simmler, California.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.75 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.9775009° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.4666672° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.14 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km N of Simmler, California	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-02-08 06:20:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-02-08 06:28:04	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	5.27	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	reviewed	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	217	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ci	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ci,nc,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	62	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03322	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	34	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mlr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci37521568	Id of event.
Event Code	37521568	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37521568,nc72590151,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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