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Minor earthquake, 2.99 mag has occurred near Tres Pinos in CA

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A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA on Saturday. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:47:16 / 4:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -121.35083007812 West, latitude 36.683334350586 North, depth = 4.6999998092651 km. Unique identifier: nc75137301. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75137301. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.6999998092651 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/02/25 / 2025-02-22 16:47:16 / February 22, 2025 @ 4:47 pm.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (17 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Newman, Scotts Valley, Gustine (min 5000 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.99 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.35083007812° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.683334350586° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.6999998092651 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 16:47:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-22 16:49:20	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	138	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	58	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02433	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	34	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	nc75137301	Id of event.
Event Code	75137301	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75137301,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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