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Minor earthquake: M2.94 quake strikes near Soledad in California


Earthquake location 36.579834S, -121.1741638WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (mg/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Soledad in California. The temblor was reported at 14:55:53 / 2:55 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 2.39 km (1 miles). Global time of event 30/04/15 / 2015-04-30 21:55:53 / April 30, 2015 @ 9:55 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -121.1741638 West, latitude 36.579834 North, depth 2.39 km, unique identifier, nc72437940.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aptos, Rio Del Mar, Gustine.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.94 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.1741638° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.579834° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km NE 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 2015-04-30 21:55:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-04-30 21:59:38 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 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 133 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01373 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 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 nc72437940 Id of event.
Event Code 72437940 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72437940, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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