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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 19 km SE of Burney, California

Posted by admin on October 26, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.7350006S, -121.5250015WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Burney in California on Wednesday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:11:10 / 12:11 am (local time epicenter). Event id: nc72717641. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72717641. Exact location of event, longitude -121.5250015 West, latitude 40.7350006 North, depth = 6.98 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/10/16 / 2016-10-26 07:11:10 / October 26, 2016 @ 7:11 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.98 km (4 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Redding (c. 89 900 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Shasta Lake (c. 10 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Anderson (c. 9 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Redding, Anderson, Shasta Lake.

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km SE of Burney, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.5250015° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.7350006° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km SE of Burney, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-26 07:11:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-26 07:15:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 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 121 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.09441 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc72717641 Id of event.
Event Code 72717641 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72717641, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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