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Minor earthquake, 2.82 mag was detected near Avenal in CA


Earthquake location 36.0499992S, -120.1051636WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Avenal in CA. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.82 km (4 miles). Unique identifier: nc72954525. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72954525. Exact location of event, depth 6.82 km, -120.1051636° West, 36.0499992° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 16:17:20 / January 15, 2018 @ 4:17 pm. The temblor was detected at 08:17:20 / 8:17 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Tulare (c. 59 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hanford (c. 54 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Corcoran (c. 24 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Lemoore (c. 24 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kerman, Fowler, Selma (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km NNE of Avenal, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.82 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -120.1051636° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0499992° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km NNE of Avenal, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-15 16:17:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-15 16:22:02 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 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 122 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01159 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 nc72954525 Id of event.
Event Code 72954525 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72954525, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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