Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Tennant in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 32 km SE of Tennant, CA (20 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 8.3 km, -121.6204987° West, 41.3935013° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/04/18 / 2018-04-29 10:34:25 / April 29, 2018 @ 10:34 am. The temblor was picked up at 02:34:25 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.3 km (5 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: nc73008166. Unique identifier: nc73008166.

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 32 km SE of Tennant, CA.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.6204987° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.3935013° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	32km SE of Tennant, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-04-29 10:34:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-04-29 10:39:03	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	121	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	27	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1872	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	147	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	nc73008166	Id of event.
Event Code	73008166	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73008166,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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