Minor earthquake, 3.42 mag strikes near Middletown in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Middletown in CA. The temblor was picked up at 07:01:04 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 6.1900000572205 km, -122.50133514404° West, 38.689334869385° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.1900000572205 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/09/24 / 2024-09-10 07:01:04 / September 10, 2024 @ 7:01 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75059891. Id of event: nc75059891.

Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Vallejo (c. 115 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Fairfield (c. 105 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Vacaville (c. 92 400 pop), 47 km (30 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kentfield, San Pablo, El Sobrante (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 12 km SE of Middletown, CA.

CA El Sobrante Fairfield Kentfield Middletown Napa San Pablo Santa Rosa United States Vacaville Vallejo

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.42 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.50133514404° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.689334869385° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.1900000572205 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km SE of Middletown, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-10 07:01:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-10 07:06:44	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	180	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	96	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.06691	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.19 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	42	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	nc75059891	Id of event.
Event Code	75059891	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75059891,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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