Minor earthquake: M3.09 quake has struck near Morgan Hill in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Morgan Hill in CA. Exact location of event, depth 3.9700000286102 km, -121.63749694824° West, 37.257499694824° North. The temblor was picked up at 06:29:21 / 6:29 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: nc75022872. Event ids that are associated: nc75022872. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.9700000286102 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/06/24 / 2024-06-16 06:29:21 / June 16, 2024 @ 6:29 am.

Epicenter of the event was 25 km (15 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Modesto (c. 201 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hayward (c. 144 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Clayton, San Bruno, Saranap (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km NNE of Morgan Hill, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Clayton Fremont Hayward Modesto Morgan Hill Salinas San Bruno San Jose Saranap United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.09 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.63749694824° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.257499694824° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.9700000286102 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km NNE of Morgan Hill, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-16 06:29:21	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-16 06:34:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	10	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	150	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	82	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.07 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	42	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	nc75022872	Id of event.
Event Code	75022872	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75022872,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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