Minor earthquake, 3.22 mag was detected near Tres Pinos in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/11/18 / 2018-11-02 15:15:48 / November 2, 2018 @ 3:15 pm. Id of earthquake: nc73105336. Event ids that are associated: nc73105336. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.47 km (4 miles). The 3.22-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:15:48 / 7:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -121.3040009° West, latitude 36.6785011° North, depth = 6.47 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 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), 43 km (27 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Firebaugh, Scotts Valley, Newman (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-four 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: 12 km S of Tres Pinos, CA.

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.22 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.3040009° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.6785011° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.47 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km 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 15:15:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-11-02 15:47:55	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	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	160	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	51	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.06805	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.05 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	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nc73105336	Id of event.
Event Code	73105336	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73105336,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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