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Minor earthquake: M2.84 quake has struck near Ferndale in California

Posted by admin on August 4, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.3508333S, -125.001WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Ferndale in California on Friday. Event id: nc72851681. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72851681. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -125.001 West, latitude 40.3508333 North, depth = 24.75 km. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:31:23 / 6:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.75 km (15 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/17 / 2017-07-28 14:31:23 / July 28, 2017 @ 2:31 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (48 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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: 67 km WSW of Ferndale, California.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.001° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.3508333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km WSW of Ferndale, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-07-28 14:31:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-04 23:45:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 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 124 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5217 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 254 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 nc72851681 Id of event.
Event Code 72851681 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72851681, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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