Minor earthquake, 2.92 mag was detected near Tres Pinos in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -121.29650115967° West, latitude 36.641834259033° North, depth = 8.4899997711182 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.4899997711182 km (5 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:34:20 / 9:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/04/25 / 2025-04-13 21:34:20 / April 13, 2025 @ 9:34 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: nc75164816. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75164816.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Newman, Firebaugh, Scotts Valley (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 17 km S of Tres Pinos, CA.

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.92 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.29650115967° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.641834259033° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.4899997711182 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17 km S 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	2025-04-13 21:34:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-13 21:37:04	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	131	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	71	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03419	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.29 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	30	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	nc75164816	Id of event.
Event Code	75164816	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75164816,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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