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Minor earthquake 3.56 mag, 11 km NW of Pinnacles, CA


Earthquake location 36.600833892822S, -121.2311630249WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.56 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Pinnacles in CA. Exact location of event, depth 7.5900001525879 km, -121.2311630249° West, 36.600833892822° North. The 3.56-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:44:44 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 01:44:44 / December 22, 2024 @ 1:44 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.5900001525879 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: nc75106461. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75106461.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Cruz, Newman, Live Oak (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop).

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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 11 km NW of Pinnacles, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.56 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.2311630249° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.600833892822° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.5900001525879 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 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 01:44:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-22 01:48:32 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 195 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 72 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04693 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 27 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 nc75106461 Id of event.
Event Code 75106461 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75106461, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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