Minor earthquake: M2.94 quake has struck near San Lucas in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from San Lucas in CA. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:08:17 / 1:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.539999961853 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/05/24 / 2024-05-23 13:08:17 / May 23, 2024 @ 1:08 pm. Exact location, longitude -120.80982971191° West, latitude 36.236999511719° North, depth = 6.539999961853 km. Unique identifier: nc75010981. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75010981.

The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Soledad (c. 25 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Greenfield (c. 16 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Avenal (c. 15 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Coalinga (c. 13 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cambria, Templeton, Firebaugh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 22 km ENE of San Lucas, CA.

Avenal CA Cambria Coalinga Firebaugh Greenfield Paso Robles San Lucas Soledad Templeton United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.94 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-120.80982971191° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.236999511719° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.539999961853 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22 km ENE of San Lucas, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-23 13:08:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-23 13:13:07	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	133	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	46	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02216	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.16 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	77	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	nc75010981	Id of event.
Event Code	75010981	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75010981,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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