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Minor earthquake 3.06 mag, 250 km W of Ferndale, CA


Earthquake location 40.6581667S, -127.2256667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 250 km W of Ferndale, CA (155 miles). The 3.06-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:16:50 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). Event id: nc72983651. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72983651. Exact location of event, longitude -127.2256667 West, latitude 40.6581667 North, depth = 19.62 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/03/18 / 2018-03-14 13:16:50 / March 14, 2018 @ 1:16 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.62 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 250 km W of Ferndale, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.06 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -127.2256667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.6581667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 250km W of Ferndale, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-03-14 13:16:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-03-17 02:06:02 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 144 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.208 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 345 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 nc72983651 Id of event.
Event Code 72983651 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72983651, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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