Minor earthquake, 3.44 mag strikes near Morgan Hill in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Morgan Hill in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.289999961853 km (5 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: nc75036707. Unique identifier: nc75036707. The temblor was reported at 01:00:15 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 01:00:15 / July 19, 2024 @ 1:00 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 7.289999961853 km, -121.48950195312° West, 37.312168121338° North.

Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Stockton (c. 291 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Modesto (c. 201 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hillsborough, Walnut Creek, Alameda (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 25 km NE of Morgan Hill, CA.

Alameda CA Fremont Hillsborough Modesto Morgan Hill Salinas San Jose Stockton United States Walnut Creek

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.44 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.48950195312° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.312168121338° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.289999961853 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 km NE of Morgan Hill, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-19 01:00:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-19 01:06:46	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	1	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	182	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	79	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	0.14 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	34	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	nc75036707	Id of event.
Event Code	75036707	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75036707,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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