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Minor earthquake: M3.06 quake has struck near Pinnacles in CA


Earthquake location 36.572334289551S, -121.186668396WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Pinnacles in CA. The temblor was detected at 06:50:20 / 6:50 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/07/24 / 2024-07-17 06:50:20 / July 17, 2024 @ 6:50 am. Exact location, longitude -121.186668396° West, latitude 36.572334289551° North, depth = 5.6999998092651 km. Event id: nc75036052. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75036052. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.6999998092651 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gustine, Aptos, Rio Del Mar (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.06 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.186668396° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.572334289551° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.6999998092651 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-17 06:50:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-17 06:52:24 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 144 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.11 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 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 nc75036052 Id of event.
Event Code 75036052 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75036052, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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