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Minor earthquake, 3.56 mag was detected near New Idria in CA


Earthquake location 36.4198341S, -120.6100006WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.56 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from New Idria in CA. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/04/20 / 2020-04-10 08:59:13 / April 10, 2020 @ 8:59 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.93 km (2 miles). The temblor was detected at 00:59:13 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter). Event id: nc73366700. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73366700. Exact location, longitude -120.6100006° West, latitude 36.4198341° North, depth = 3.93 km.

Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Fresno (c. 494 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Madera (c. 61 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Soledad (c. 25 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Lemoore (c. 24 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Chowchilla (c. 18 700 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chowchilla, Fresno, Madera Acres (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km E of New Idria, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.56 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -120.6100006° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4198341° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km E of New Idria, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-10 08:59:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-10 09:04:09 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 4.44 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 195 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 102 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2555 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 nc73366700 Id of event.
Event Code 73366700 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73366700, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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