Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag was detected near Tres Pinos in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA. The temblor was detected at 09:02:54 / 9:02 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.21 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, depth 4.21 km, -121.2993317° West, 36.6749992° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/11/18 / 2018-11-02 17:02:54 / November 2, 2018 @ 5:02 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73105396. Id of event: nc73105396.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Firebaugh, Scotts Valley, Newman. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km S of Tres Pinos, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Firebaugh Gilroy Morgan Hill Newman Salinas Santa Cruz Scotts Valley Tres Pinos United States Watsonville

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.96 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.2993317° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.6749992° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.21 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 17:02:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-11-02 17:07:03	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	135	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	54	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.06518	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	65	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	nc73105396	Id of event.
Event Code	73105396	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73105396,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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