Minor earthquake, 3.38 mag was detected near North Fork in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from North Fork in CA on Friday. The temblor was detected at 03:11:05 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -119.4639969° West, latitude 37.2685013° North, depth = 58.8 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/11/18 / 2018-11-02 11:11:05 / November 2, 2018 @ 11:11 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.8 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73105151. Id of event: nc73105151.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orosi, Dinuba, Kerman. Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Fresno (c. 494 700 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Clovis (c. 95 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Madera (c. 61 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sanger (c. 24 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Reedley (c. 24 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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: 6 km NE of North Fork, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Clovis Dinuba Fresno Kerman Madera North Fork Orosi Reedley Sanger United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.38 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.4639969° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.2685013° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	58.8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km NE of North Fork, 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 11:11:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-11-02 16:25:04	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	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	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	176	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	11	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2692	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.31 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	218	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	nc73105151	Id of event.
Event Code	73105151	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73105151,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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