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Minor earthquake, 2.84 mag strikes near Castro Valley in CA


Earthquake location 37.704334259033S, -122.10683441162WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Castro Valley in CA. The temblor was picked up at 19:04:21 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -122.10683441162 West, latitude 37.704334259033 North, depth = 5.0100002288818 km. Global time and date of event 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 19:04:21 / December 22, 2024 @ 7:04 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: nc75106736. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75106736. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.0100002288818 km (3 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from San Francisco (c. 805 200 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Oakland (c. 390 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Stockton (c. 291 700 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Stockton, Morgan Hill, Boyes Hot Springs (min 5000 pop). Close 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. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km NW of Castro Valley, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.10683441162° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.704334259033° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.0100002288818 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km NW of Castro Valley, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-22 19:04:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-22 19:12:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 124 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02212 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 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 nc75106736 Id of event.
Event Code 75106736 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75106736, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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