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Minor earthquake, 3.94 mag strikes near The Geysers in CA


Earthquake location 38.789333343506S, -122.73366546631WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from The Geysers in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.87000000476837 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:31:32 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: nc75058591. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75058591. Global time and date of event 07/09/24 / 2024-09-07 14:31:32 / September 7, 2024 @ 2:31 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -122.73366546631 West, latitude 38.789333343506 North, depth = -0.87000000476837 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fairfax, Dixon, Vallejo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Vallejo (c. 115 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fairfield (c. 105 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Vacaville (c. 92 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km ENE of The Geysers, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.94 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.73366546631° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.789333343506° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -0.87000000476837 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km ENE of The Geysers, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-07 14:31:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-07 14:36:09 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 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.405 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 239 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02327 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 196 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 nc75058591 Id of event.
Event Code 75058591 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75058591, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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