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Minor earthquake 2.91 mag, 17 km S of Tres Pinos, CA


Earthquake location 36.641498565674S, -121.28150177002WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 10/12/24 / 2024-12-10 21:28:06 / December 10, 2024 @ 9:28 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 21:28:06 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.5799999237061 km (3 miles). Event id: nc75101271. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75101271. Exact location of event, depth 5.5799999237061 km, -121.28150177002° West, 36.641498565674° North.

Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz, Gustine, Live Oak. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 17 km S of Tres Pinos, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.91 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.28150177002° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.641498565674° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.5799999237061 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km S of Tres Pinos, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-10 21:28:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-10 21:32:23 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04058 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 nc75101271 Id of event.
Event Code 75101271 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75101271, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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