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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Tecopa in CA

Posted by admin on October 31, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 35.8675S, -116.1226667WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Tecopa in CA on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00564876, ci37514087. Id of event: ci37514087. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/16 / 2016-10-30 03:47:38 / October 30, 2016 @ 3:47 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.57 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:47:38 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 1.57 km, -116.1226667° West, 35.8675° North.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Pahrump (c. 36 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Summerlin South (c. 24 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Summerlin South, Pahrump (min 5000 pop).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 10 km ENE of Tecopa, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.1226667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.8675° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.57 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km ENE of Tecopa, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-30 03:47:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-31 19:02:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 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 122 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 ,nn,ci, 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 0.1279 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 ci37514087 Id of event.
Event Code 37514087 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00564876,ci37514087, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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