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Minor earthquake, 3.59 mag was detected near Tres Pinos in CA


Earthquake location 36.667999267578S, -121.32183074951WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 05:46:24 / February 26, 2025 @ 5:46 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.5699996948242 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, depth 8.5699996948242 km, -121.32183074951° West, 36.667999267578° North. Unique identifier: nc75139226. Ids that are associated to the event: ew1740548780, nc75139226. The 3.59-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:46:24 / 5:46 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Los Gatos, Mendota, Ben Lomond (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.59 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.32183074951° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.667999267578° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.5699996948242 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 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 2025-02-26 05:46:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-26 05:52:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.745 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 199 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 ,ew,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 71 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0441 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 28 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 nc75139226 Id of event.
Event Code 75139226 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1740548780,nc75139226, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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