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Minor earthquake, 2.92 mag strikes near Happy Camp in California


Earthquake location 41.3938332S, -123.3793335WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (mg/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Happy Camp in California. The temblor was reported at 13:39:41 / 1:39 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 30.56 km (19 miles). Global time of event 26/05/15 / 2015-05-26 20:39:41 / May 26, 2015 @ 8:39 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -123.3793335 West, latitude 41.3938332 North, depth 30.56 km, unique identifier, nc72455916. Ids that are associated to the event, ,nc72455916,.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from McKinleyville (c. 15 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Yreka (c. 7 800 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was McKinleyville, Yreka.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.92 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -123.3793335° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.3938332° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km S of Happy Camp, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-26 20:39:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-26 20:48:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 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 131 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1277 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 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 md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc72455916 Id of event.
Event Code 72455916 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72455916, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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