Minor earthquake, 2.94 mag was detected near Huron in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Huron in CA on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.87 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: nc73001591. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73001591. The temblor was reported at 15:51:46 / 3:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -120.1801682 West, latitude 36.1218338 North, depth = 7.87 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/04/18 / 2018-04-19 23:51:46 / April 19, 2018 @ 11:51 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Fresno (c. 494 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Tulare (c. 59 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Hanford (c. 54 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Corcoran (c. 24 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fresno, Tulare, Mendota.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km SW of Huron, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Corcoran Fresno Hanford Huron Mendota Paso Robles Tulare United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.94 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-120.1801682° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.1218338° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.87 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11km SW of Huron, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-04-19 23:51:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-04-19 23:57:03	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	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	133	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	64	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.08334	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	51	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	nc73001591	Id of event.
Event Code	73001591	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73001591,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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