Minor earthquake: M3.29 quake has struck near Pinnacles in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Pinnacles in CA on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.58 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72997156. Id of event: nc72997156. The 3.29-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:52:40 / 7:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -121.154335° West, 36.5644989° North, depth 3.58 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/04/18 / 2018-04-09 03:52:40 / April 9, 2018 @ 3:52 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aptos, Rio Del Mar, Gustine (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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: 4 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA.

Aptos CA Gilroy Gustine Los Banos Morgan Hill Pinnacles Rio Del Mar Salinas United States Watsonville

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.29 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.154335° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.5644989° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.58 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4km NNW of Pinnacles, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-04-09 03:52:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-04-09 03:56:46	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	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	167	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	58	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03059	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.07 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	73	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	nc72997156	Id of event.
Event Code	72997156	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc72997156,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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