Minor earthquake: M2.97 quake has struck near Rio Dell in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Rio Dell in CA on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/11/20 / 2020-11-10 15:28:30 / November 10, 2020 @ 3:28 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.55 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:28:30 / 3:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: nc73480086. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73480086. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -123.8590012 West, latitude 40.4129982 North, depth = 29.55 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was McKinleyville, Arcata, Bayside. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Eureka (c. 27 200 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Arcata (c. 17 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Bayside (c. 17 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Fortuna (c. 11 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-seven 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km ESE of Rio Dell, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.97 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-123.8590012° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	40.4129982° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	29.55 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23km ESE of Rio Dell, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-11-10 15:28:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-11-10 15:30:09	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	136	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	20	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03222	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.14 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	99	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	nc73480086	Id of event.
Event Code	73480086	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73480086,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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