Minor earthquake: M3.53 quake has struck near Parkfield in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Parkfield in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.42 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:52:11 / 1:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -120.4449997 West, latitude 35.8979988 North, depth = 6.42 km. Global time and date of event 14/08/18 / 2018-08-14 21:52:11 / August 14, 2018 @ 9:52 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: nc73069930. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73069930.

Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from San Luis Obispo (c. 45 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Atascadero (c. 28 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Corcoran (c. 24 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Lemoore (c. 24 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Avenal (c. 15 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Corcoran, Lemoore, Los Osos (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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. 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: 1 km W of Parkfield, CA.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.53 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-120.4449997° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.8979988° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.42 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	1km W of Parkfield, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-08-14 21:52:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-08-14 22:03:25	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	2.2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.34	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	192	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	64	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.01838	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.08 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	38	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	nc73069930	Id of event.
Event Code	73069930	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73069930,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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