Minor earthquake, 2.87 mag was detected near Tres Pinos in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -121.34700012207 West, latitude 36.680500030518 North, depth = 5.4000000953674 km. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:46:36 / 4:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.4000000953674 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/02/25 / 2025-02-22 16:46:36 / February 22, 2025 @ 4:46 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75137306. Unique identifier: nc75137306.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Newman, Scotts Valley, Gustine (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 12 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA.

CA Gilroy Gustine Morgan Hill Newman Salinas Santa Cruz Scotts Valley Tres Pinos United States Watsonville

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.87 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.34700012207° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.680500030518° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.4000000953674 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km SSW 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	2025-02-22 16:46:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-22 16:49:28	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	127	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	56	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02691	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	34	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	nc75137306	Id of event.
Event Code	75137306	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75137306,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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