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Earthquake: M 3.48 quake strikes near Coalinga in California


Earthquake location 36.2258339S, -120.3541641WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.48 (mg/mb) has occurred on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Coalinga in California. The temblor was reported at 00:32:32 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 10.91 km (7 miles). Global time of event 27/03/15 / 2015-03-27 07:32:32 / March 27, 2015 @ 7:32 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -120.3541641 West, latitude 36.2258339 North, depth 10.91 km, unique identifier, nc72418215.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Fresno (c. 494 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hanford (c. 54 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Corcoran (c. 24 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Lemoore (c. 24 500 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Templeton, Greenfield, Kingsburg.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.48 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -120.3541641° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.2258339° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km N of Coalinga, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-03-27 07:32:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-03-27 07:37:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.47 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 186 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 73 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02514 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 nc72418215 Id of event.
Event Code 72418215 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72418215, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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