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Minor earthquake: M2.99 quake has struck near Taylorsville in CA


Earthquake location 40.0569992S, -120.8071671WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Taylorsville in CA on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.37 km (1 miles). Exact location, longitude -120.8071671° West, latitude 40.0569992° North, depth = 1.37 km. The temblor was detected at 03:25:26 / 3:25 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/12/18 / 2018-12-06 03:25:26 / December 6, 2018 @ 3:25 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: nc73119456. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73119456.

Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Paradise (c. 26 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Susanville (c. 17 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Magalia (c. 11 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Paradise, Magalia, Susanville (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 3 km SE of Taylorsville, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.99 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -120.8071671° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.0569992° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km SE of Taylorsville, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-06 03:25:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-06 03:32:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 138 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06111 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 157 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 nc73119456 Id of event.
Event Code 73119456 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73119456, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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