Minor earthquake, 2.89 mag strikes near Windsor in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Windsor in CA on Monday. Unique identifier: nc75059466. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75059466. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/09/24 / 2024-09-09 02:46:09 / September 9, 2024 @ 2:46 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.3000001907349 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -122.78783416748 West, latitude 38.593166351318 North, depth = 8.3000001907349 km. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:46:09 / 2:46 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vallejo (c. 115 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Fairfield (c. 105 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vacaville (c. 92 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rodeo, Larkspur, Suisun. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, 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 have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 6 km NE of Windsor, CA.

CA Fairfield Larkspur Napa Rodeo Santa Rosa Suisun United States Vacaville Vallejo Windsor

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.89 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.78783416748° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.593166351318° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.3000001907349 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km NE of Windsor, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-09 02:46:09	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-09 02:51:29	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	131	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	78	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.0685	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.11 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	43	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	nc75059466	Id of event.
Event Code	75059466	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75059466,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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