Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Ferndale in California

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 232 km W of Ferndale, California (144 miles). Id of earthquake: nc72897166. Event ids that are associated: nc72897166. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:43:26 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/09/17 / 2017-09-23 03:43:26 / September 23, 2017 @ 3:43 am. Exact location of earthquake, -126.9926667° West, 40.3353333° North, depth 11.62 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.62 km (7 miles).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 232 km W of Ferndale, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-126.9926667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.3353333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.62 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	232km W 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	2017-09-23 03:43:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-26 22:08:52	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	129	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.032	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	311	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	nc72897166	Id of event.
Event Code	72897166	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc72897166,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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