Minor earthquake, 2.91 mag has occurred near Parkwood in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Parkwood in CA on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 20:10:28 / September 23, 2024 @ 8:10 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.0099999997764826 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75065921. Id of event: nc75065921. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -120.15000152588 West, latitude 36.908500671387 North, depth = -0.0099999997764826 km. The temblor was detected at 20:10:28 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Fresno (c. 494 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Clovis (c. 95 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Merced (c. 79 000 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Madera (c. 61 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lemoore, Lemoore Station, Livingston (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 10 km W of Parkwood, CA.

CA Clovis Fresno Lemoore Lemoore Station Livingston Los Banos Madera Merced Parkwood United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.91 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-120.15000152588° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.908500671387° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-0.0099999997764826 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km W of Parkwood, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-23 20:10:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-23 20:15:36	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	130	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	57	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.191	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.35 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	40	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	nc75065921	Id of event.
Event Code	75065921	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75065921,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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