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Minor earthquake 2.87 mag, 123 km W of Ferndale, California


Earthquake location 40.4401667S, -125.7073333WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (mg/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 123 kilometers (76 miles) from Ferndale in California. The temblor was reported at 22:07:32 / 10:07 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 10.72 km (7 miles). Global time of event 07/05/15 / 2015-05-07 06:07:32 / May 7, 2015 @ 6:07 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -125.7073333 West, latitude 40.4401667 North, depth 10.72 km, unique identifier, nc72444561.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.7073333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.4401667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 123km W of Ferndale, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-07 06:07:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-09 04:42:09 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 reviewed 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 127 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.093 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 310 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 nc72444561 Id of event.
Event Code 72444561 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72444561, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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