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Minor earthquake, 2.86 mag was detected near Aromas in CA


Earthquake location 36.856834411621S, -121.60399627685WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Aromas in CA. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:38:24 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -121.60399627685° West, 36.856834411621° North, depth 7.6599998474121 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/11/24 / 2024-11-09 00:38:24 / November 9, 2024 @ 12:38 am. Unique identifier: nc75084216. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75084216. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.6599998474121 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Sunnyvale (c. 140 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Santa Clara (c. 116 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Mountain View (c. 74 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Altos Hills, Los Altos, Mountain View (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km SSE of Aromas, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.86 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.60399627685° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.856834411621° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.6599998474121 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km SSE of Aromas, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-09 00:38:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-09 00:43:04 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 3.8 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 127 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 66 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 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 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 nc75084216 Id of event.
Event Code 75084216 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75084216, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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