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Minor earthquake, 2.88 mag has occurred near Anderson Springs in CA


Earthquake location 38.7529984S, -122.711998WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Anderson Springs in CA on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -122.711998 West, latitude 38.7529984 North, depth = 1.46 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.46 km (1 miles). Unique identifier: nc73095881. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73095881. The temblor was detected at 08:58:05 / 8:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/10/18 / 2018-10-10 16:58:05 / October 10, 2018 @ 4:58 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Santa Rosa (c. 167 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vacaville (c. 92 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Napa (c. 76 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Petaluma (c. 57 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Novato (c. 51 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vacaville, American Canyon, Novato.

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

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km SW of Anderson Springs, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.711998° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.7529984° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km SW of Anderson Springs, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-10 16:58:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-10 17:03:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 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 128 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 11 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01813 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 nc73095881 Id of event.
Event Code 73095881 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73095881, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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