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Minor earthquake, 2.81 mag has occurred near Tres Pinos in CA


Earthquake location 36.658500671387S, -121.30666351318WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -121.30666351318 West, latitude 36.658500671387 North, depth = 6.6799998283386 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.6799998283386 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/09/24 / 2024-09-05 04:48:14 / September 5, 2024 @ 4:48 am. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75057581. Unique identifier: nc75057581. The temblor was picked up at 04:48:14 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Newman, Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop).

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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 15 km S of Tres Pinos, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.81 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.30666351318° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.658500671387° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.6799998283386 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km S of Tres Pinos, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-05 04:48:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-05 04:49:57 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 121 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04797 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 nc75057581 Id of event.
Event Code 75057581 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75057581, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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