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Minor earthquake 3.12 mag, 12 km NW of Pinnacles, CA


Earthquake location 36.603500366211S, -121.24066925049WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.12 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Pinnacles in CA. Exact location of event, longitude -121.24066925049 West, latitude 36.603500366211 North, depth = 6.3899998664856 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.3899998664856 km (4 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/12/24 / 2024-12-26 23:57:46 / December 26, 2024 @ 11:57 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:57:46 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nc75108351. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75108351.

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). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mendota, Live Oak, Soquel (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-seven 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 12 km NW of Pinnacles, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.12 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.24066925049° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.603500366211° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.3899998664856 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 2024-12-26 23:57:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-26 23:59:49 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 150 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 69 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05464 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 nc75108351 Id of event.
Event Code 75108351 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75108351, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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