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Minor earthquake, 2.88 mag has occurred near Tres Pinos in CA


Earthquake location 36.650165557861S, -121.29399871826WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA. Global time and date of event 18/06/24 / 2024-06-18 14:58:06 / June 18, 2024 @ 2:58 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.4000000953674 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, depth 7.4000000953674 km, -121.29399871826° West, 36.650165557861° North. Unique identifier: nc75023577. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75023577. The temblor was picked up at 14:58:06 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz, Gustine, Live Oak (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 16 km S of Tres Pinos, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.29399871826° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.650165557861° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.4000000953674 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km S of Tres Pinos, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-18 14:58:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-18 15:00:55 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 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 61 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 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 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 nc75023577 Id of event.
Event Code 75023577 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75023577, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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