Minor earthquake, 2.88 mag strikes near Pinnacles in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Pinnacles in CA. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:15:42 / 10:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/01/21 / 2021-01-05 10:15:42 / January 5, 2021 @ 10:15 am. Exact location of event, depth 5.62 km, -121.2324982° West, 36.6218338° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.62 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: nc73507165. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73507165.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendota, Soquel, Opal Cliffs. Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 13 km NW of Pinnacles, CA.

CA Gilroy Los Banos Mendota Morgan Hill Opal Cliffs Pinnacles Salinas Soquel United States Watsonville

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.88 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.2324982° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.6218338° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.62 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km NW of Pinnacles, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-01-05 10:15:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-01-05 10:21:45	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	128	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	43	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.06701	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.11 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	67	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	nc73507165	Id of event.
Event Code	73507165	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73507165,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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