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Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near Viola in CA

Posted by admin on August 28, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.637666666667S, -121.4515WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Viola in CA on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.75 km (3 miles). Event id: nc75053351. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75053351. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/24 / 2024-08-25 20:12:24 / August 25, 2024 @ 8:12 pm. The temblor was detected at 20:12:24 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 4.75 km, -121.4515° West, 40.637666666667° North.

Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Susanville (c. 17 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Anderson (c. 9 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Anderson, Susanville.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 23 km ENE of Viola, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.4515° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.637666666667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km ENE of Viola, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-25 20:12:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-28 07:23:49 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 reviewed 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 129 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06983 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mh The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc75053351 Id of event.
Event Code 75053351 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75053351, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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