Minor earthquake: M3.18 quake has struck near Lopez Point in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Lopez Point in CA on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -121.28733062744 West, latitude 35.928333282471 North, depth = 5.4800000190735 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75027786. Id of event: nc75027786. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:32:04 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.4800000190735 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/06/24 / 2024-06-27 04:32:04 / June 27, 2024 @ 4:32 am.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Los Osos, Atascadero, Morro Bay (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Atascadero (c. 28 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Soledad (c. 25 700 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Greenfield (c. 16 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Los Osos (c. 14 300 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 27 km ESE of Lopez Point, CA.

Atascadero CA Greenfield Lopez Point Los Osos Morro Bay Paso Robles Soledad United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.18 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.28733062744° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.928333282471° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.4800000190735 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	27 km ESE of Lopez Point, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-27 04:32:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-27 04:37:07	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	156	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	75	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.06795	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	108	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	nc75027786	Id of event.
Event Code	75027786	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75027786,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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