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Minor earthquake 2.59 mag, 36 km ENE of Soledad, California


Earthquake location 36.5588341S, -120.9508362WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.59 (mg/mb) has occurred on Monday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Soledad in California. The temblor was reported at 06:27:55 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 5.04 km (3 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-26 02:27:55 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -120.9508362 West, latitude 36.5588341 North, depth 5.04 km.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Hollister (c. 34 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Soledad (c. 25 700 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Castroville, Gilroy, Coalinga.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.59 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -120.9508362° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5588341° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km ENE of Soledad, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-01-26 14:27:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-01-26 14:29:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 103 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.07408 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 nc72386476 Id of event.
Event Code 72386476 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS nc72386476 A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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