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Minor earthquake, 2.85 mag was detected near Tres Pinos in CA


Earthquake location 36.6730003S, -121.2949982WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA. All ids that are associated to the event: nc73105381. Unique identifier: nc73105381. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.04 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:54:05 / 8:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/11/18 / 2018-11-02 16:54:05 / November 2, 2018 @ 4:54 pm. Exact location, longitude -121.2949982° West, latitude 36.6730003° North, depth = 4.04 km.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Scotts Valley, Newman, Santa Cruz (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty-eight 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.

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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: 13 km S of Tres Pinos, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.85 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.2949982° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6730003° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km S of Tres Pinos, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-02 16:54:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-02 16:58:04 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 125 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.064 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 66 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 nc73105381 Id of event.
Event Code 73105381 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73105381, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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