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Minor earthquake: M2.96 quake has struck near Aromas in CA

Posted by admin on January 2, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.882S, -121.6155014WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Aromas in CA on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -121.6155014 West, latitude 36.882 North, depth = 6.2 km. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:41:52 / 11:41 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.2 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/01/18 / 2018-01-02 19:41:52 / January 2, 2018 @ 7:41 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72947936. Id of event: nc72947936.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (35 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sunnyvale (c. 140 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Santa Clara (c. 116 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Mountain View (c. 74 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Patterson, Palo Alto, Stanford (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days sixty-five 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km ESE of Aromas, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.6155014° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.882° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km ESE of Aromas, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-02 19:41:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-02 19:53:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.2 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 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 137 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01903 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 nc72947936 Id of event.
Event Code 72947936 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72947936, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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