Minor earthquake, 3.31 mag was detected near Avenal in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Avenal in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75139451. Id of event: nc75139451. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 13:29:41 / February 26, 2025 @ 1:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -120.18367004394° West, 36.071666717529° North, depth 10.170000076294 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.170000076294 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 13:29:41 / 1:29 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Tulare (c. 59 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hanford (c. 54 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Atascadero (c. 28 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Corcoran (c. 24 800 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Atascadero, Mendota, Fowler.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km NNW of Avenal, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.31 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-120.18367004394° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.071666717529° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.170000076294 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km NNW of Avenal, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-26 13:29:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-26 13:33:42	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	169	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	46	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.0312	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	88	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	nc75139451	Id of event.
Event Code	75139451	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75139451,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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