Minor earthquake, 3.11 mag has occurred near Pinnacles in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Pinnacles in CA. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.2300000190735 km (4 miles). Exact location, longitude -121.23666381836° West, latitude 36.605335235596° North, depth = 7.2300000190735 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75106546. Id of event: nc75106546. Global time and date of event 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 05:53:58 / December 22, 2024 @ 5:53 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 05:53:58 / 5:53 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Live Oak, Mendota, Soquel.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 12 km NW of Pinnacles, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Gilroy Live Oak Los Banos Mendota Morgan Hill Pinnacles Salinas Soquel United States Watsonville

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.11 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.23666381836° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.605335235596° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.2300000190735 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km NW 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	2024-12-22 05:53:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-22 05:57:43	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	149	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	67	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05319	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.23 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	28	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	nc75106546	Id of event.
Event Code	75106546	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75106546,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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