Minor earthquake: M3.38 quake has struck near Avenal in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Avenal in CA on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.029999732971 km (7 miles). The temblor was reported at 02:06:16 / 2:06 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/10/24 / 2024-10-02 02:06:16 / October 2, 2024 @ 2:06 am. Exact location of earthquake, -120.19766998291° West, 36.083999633789° North, depth 11.029999732971 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75069216. Id of event: nc75069216.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Atascadero, Tulare, Fowler. Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Tulare (c. 59 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hanford (c. 54 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Atascadero (c. 28 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Corcoran (c. 24 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km NNW of Avenal, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.38 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-120.19766998291° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.083999633789° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.029999732971 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km NNW of Avenal, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-02 02:06:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-02 02:08:43	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	176	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	41	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.04725	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	119	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	nc75069216	Id of event.
Event Code	75069216	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75069216,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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