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Minor earthquake 3.02 mag, 15 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA

Posted by admin on December 30, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.6563339S, -121.2815018WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.35 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -121.2815018 West, latitude 36.6563339 North, depth = 5.35 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:48:52 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/17 / 2017-12-30 18:48:52 / December 30, 2017 @ 6:48 pm. Unique identifier: nc72946336. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72946336.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Scotts Valley, Firebaugh, Newman.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 15 km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.02 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.2815018° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6563339° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km SSE of Tres Pinos, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-30 18:48:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-30 18:57:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 141 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05264 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 nc72946336 Id of event.
Event Code 72946336 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72946336, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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