Minor earthquake, 3.42 mag has occurred near Gilroy in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Gilroy in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.329999923706 km (1 miles). The 3.42-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:42:02 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -121.46133422852 West, latitude 36.983333587646 North, depth = 2.329999923706 km. Event id: nc75035487. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75035487. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/07/24 / 2024-07-16 08:42:02 / July 16, 2024 @ 8:42 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Modesto (c. 201 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Sunnyvale (c. 140 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Modesto, Menlo Park, Livermore (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km ESE of Gilroy, CA.

CA Fremont Gilroy Livermore Menlo Park Modesto Salinas San Jose Sunnyvale United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.42 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.46133422852° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.983333587646° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.329999923706 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km ESE of Gilroy, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-16 08:42:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-16 08:44:06	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	180	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	45	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1006	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.17 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	60	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	nc75035487	Id of event.
Event Code	75035487	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75035487,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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