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Minor earthquake 2.93 mag, 5 km NW of Redding, California


Earthquake location 40.6223335S, -122.4378357WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (mg/mb) has struck on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Redding in California. The temblor was reported at 21:47:45 / 9:47 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 22.36 km (14 miles). Global time of event 12/06/15 / 2015-06-12 04:47:45 / June 12, 2015 @ 4:47 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -122.4378357 West, latitude 40.6223335 North, depth 22.36 km, unique identifier, nc72464816. Ids that are associated to the event, ,nc72464816,.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 6 km (3 miles) from Redding (c. 89 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Red Bluff (c. 14 100 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Shasta Lake (c. 10 200 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Anderson (c. 9 900 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Red Bluff, Anderson, Shasta Lake.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.93 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.4378357° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.6223335° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km NW of Redding, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-06-12 04:47:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-06-12 04:55:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 16 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.9 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 137 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.08935 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 73 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 nc72464816 Id of event.
Event Code 72464816 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72464816, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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