Minor earthquake, 3.01 mag has occurred near Ferndale in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Ferndale in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -124.5688324° West, 40.7148323° North, depth 27.62 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 19:40:29 / July 13, 2018 @ 7:40 pm. The 3.01-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:40:29 / 11:40 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.62 km (17 miles). Unique identifier: nc73044926. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73044926.

Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Bayside, Arcata (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.01 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.5688324° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.7148323° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	27.62 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	30km WNW 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	2018-07-13 19:40:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-13 19:46:30	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	140	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	31	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2969	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.06 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	231	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	nc73044926	Id of event.
Event Code	73044926	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73044926,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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