Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag has occurred near Pinnacles in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Pinnacles in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 07:12:59 / September 23, 2024 @ 7:12 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.8099999427795 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: nc75065656. Event ids that are associated: nc75065656. The temblor was detected at 07:12:59 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -121.17033386231° West, latitude 36.568668365479° North, depth = 4.8099999427795 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rio Del Mar, Gustine, Morgan Hill (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km NNW of Pinnacles, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Gilroy Gustine Los Banos Morgan Hill Pinnacles Rio Del Mar Salinas United States Watsonville

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.97 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.17033386231° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.568668365479° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.8099999427795 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km NNW of Pinnacles, 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 07:12:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-23 07:18:31	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	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	137	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	56	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1057	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	51	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	nc75065656	Id of event.
Event Code	75065656	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75065656,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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