Minor earthquake: M3.34 quake has struck near Gilroy in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Gilroy in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75036152. Id of event: nc75036152. Global time and date of event 17/07/24 / 2024-07-17 15:27:28 / July 17, 2024 @ 3:27 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.3699998855591 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 15:27:28 / 3:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -121.46350097656 West, latitude 36.981334686279 North, depth = 2.3699998855591 km.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ceres, East Palo Alto, Keyes. 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), 38 km (24 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Sunnyvale (c. 140 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Santa Clara (c. 116 500 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 10 km ESE of Gilroy, CA.

CA Ceres East Palo Alto Fremont Gilroy Keyes Salinas San Jose Santa Clara Sunnyvale United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.34 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.46350097656° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.981334686279° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.3699998855591 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	2024-07-17 15:27:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-17 15:32:54	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	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	172	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	73	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.09844	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.16 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	nc75036152	Id of event.
Event Code	75036152	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75036152,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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