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Minor earthquake 3.1 mag, 14 km NNE of Angwin, California


Earthquake location 38.6990013S, -122.4063339WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (mg/mb) was reported Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Angwin in California. The temblor was reported at 00:23:56 / 12:23 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 11.27 km (7 miles). Global time of event 14/05/15 / 2015-05-14 07:23:56 / May 14, 2015 @ 7:23 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -122.4063339 West, latitude 38.6990013 North, depth 11.27 km, unique identifier, nc72449021.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Sacramento (c. 466 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Vallejo (c. 115 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Fairfield (c. 105 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Vacaville (c. 92 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sacramento, Martinez, Tara Hills.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.4063339° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.6990013° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km NNE of Angwin, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-14 07:23:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-14 07:31:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 149 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 67 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05855 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 nc72449021 Id of event.
Event Code 72449021 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72449021, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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