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Minor earthquake, 2.94 mag was detected near Yosemite Valley in CA


Earthquake location 37.704498291016S, -119.50316619873WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Yosemite Valley in CA. The temblor was picked up at 21:44:42 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -119.50316619873° West, latitude 37.704498291016° North, depth = 29.540000915527 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.540000915527 km (18 miles). Unique identifier: nc75056651. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75056651. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/09/24 / 2024-09-02 21:44:42 / September 2, 2024 @ 9:44 pm.

Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Mammoth Lakes (c. 8 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mammoth Lakes (min 5000 pop).

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

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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 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: 8 km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.94 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.50316619873° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.704498291016° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.540000915527 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km SE of Yosemite Valley, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-02 21:44:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-02 21:46:21 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 133 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3427 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 94 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc75056651 Id of event.
Event Code 75056651 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75056651, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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