Minor earthquake, 2.91 mag has occurred near Soledad in California

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Soledad in California. Exact location of earthquake, -121.2301636° West, 36.6223335° North, depth 5.2 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.2 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 17/11/17 / 2017-11-17 01:17:08 / November 17, 2017 @ 1:17 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 17:17:08 / 5:17 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nc72925845. Unique identifier: nc72925845.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendota, Soquel, Opal Cliffs (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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 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: 23 km NNE of Soledad, California.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.91 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.2301636° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.6223335° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23km NNE of Soledad, California	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-11-17 01:17:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-11-17 01:20:52	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	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	130	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	56	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05729	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.05 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	89	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	nc72925845	Id of event.
Event Code	72925845	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc72925845,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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