Minor earthquake, 2.82 mag strikes near Oakland in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Oakland in CA on Saturday. Id of earthquake: nc73082525. Event ids that are associated: nc73082525. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:06:54 / 12:06 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/09/18 / 2018-09-08 20:06:54 / September 8, 2018 @ 8:06 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.06 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -122.2139969° West, latitude 37.8019981° North, depth = 4.06 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from San Francisco (c. 805 200 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Oakland (c. 390 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Hayward (c. 144 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rohnert Park, Cotati, Tracy (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 2 km ENE of Oakland, CA.

CA Cotati Fremont Hayward Oakland Rohnert Park San Francisco San Jose Tracy United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.82 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.2139969° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.8019981° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.06 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2km ENE of Oakland, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-09-08 20:06:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-09-08 20:09:58	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	6	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.5	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	124	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	65	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.0361	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.09 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	31	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	nc73082525	Id of event.
Event Code	73082525	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73082525,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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