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Minor earthquake, 2.83 mag was detected near North Fork in CA


Earthquake location 37.3165S, -119.5335WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from North Fork in CA on Tuesday. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:13:52 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nc73330091. Unique identifier: nc73330091. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.27 km (25 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/01/20 / 2020-01-21 09:13:52 / January 21, 2020 @ 9:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 40.27 km, -119.5335° West, 37.3165° North.

Epicenter of the event was 67 km (41 miles) from Fresno (c. 494 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Clovis (c. 95 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Madera (c. 61 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Sanger (c. 24 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Chowchilla (c. 18 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chowchilla, Sanger, Fresno. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km N of North Fork, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.83 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.5335° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.3165° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km N 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 2020-01-21 09:13:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-22 02:21:42 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 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 123 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1714 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 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 nc73330091 Id of event.
Event Code 73330091 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73330091, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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