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Minor earthquake, 2.85 mag has occurred near Westhaven-Moonstone in California


Earthquake location 41.2046667S, -124.9046667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Westhaven-Moonstone in California on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 24.48 km, -124.9046667° West, 41.2046667° North. The temblor was detected at 18:07:23 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.48 km (15 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/04/17 / 2017-04-25 02:07:23 / April 25, 2017 @ 2:07 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72793516. Id of event: nc72793516.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eureka, McKinleyville (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 69 km WNW of Westhaven-Moonstone, California.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.85 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.9046667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.2046667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 69km WNW of Westhaven-Moonstone, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-04-25 02:07:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-25 21:34:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 125 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 0.767 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 247 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 nc72793516 Id of event.
Event Code 72793516 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72793516, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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