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Minor earthquake, 3.21 mag strikes near San Ardo in CA


Earthquake location 36.1681671S, -120.7371674WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from San Ardo in CA on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 8.81 km, -120.7371674° West, 36.1681671° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.81 km (5 miles). The 3.21-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:33:05 / 4:33 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73447646. Id of event: nc73447646. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/08/20 / 2020-08-21 04:33:05 / August 21, 2020 @ 4:33 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Atascadero (c. 28 300 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Soledad (c. 25 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Greenfield (c. 16 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Avenal (c. 15 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Atascadero, Lemoore Station, Cambria (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 22 km NE of San Ardo, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.21 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -120.7371674° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.1681671° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.81 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km NE of San Ardo, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-21 04:33:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-21 04:36:21 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 159 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 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05984 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 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 nc73447646 Id of event.
Event Code 73447646 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73447646, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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