Minor earthquake, 2.98 mag has occurred near Tres Pinos in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.5300002098083 km (3 miles). Unique identifier: nc75173536. Ids that are associated to the event: nc75173536. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/04/25 / 2025-04-29 07:29:32 / April 29, 2025 @ 7:29 am. The temblor was reported at 07:29:32 / 7:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -121.32250213623° West, 36.665832519531° North, depth 4.5300002098083 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Newman, Scotts Valley, Gustine. Event epicenter was 30 km (18 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), 44 km (27 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.98 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.32250213623° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.665832519531° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.5300002098083 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	2025-04-29 07:29:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-29 07:35:44	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	137	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	69	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.04581	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	29	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	nc75173536	Id of event.
Event Code	75173536	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75173536,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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