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Minor earthquake 3.56 mag, 14 km S of Tres Pinos, CA


Earthquake location 36.6705017S, -121.2945023WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.56 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.07 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:11:54 / 6:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -121.2945023° West, latitude 36.6705017° North, depth = 6.07 km. Unique identifier: nc73109266. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73109266. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/11/18 / 2018-11-10 14:11:54 / November 10, 2018 @ 2:11 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ben Lomond, Mendota, Firebaugh (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 14 km S of Tres Pinos, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.56 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.2945023° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6705017° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km S of Tres Pinos, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-10 14:11:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-10 14:18:03 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 4.37 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 195 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06114 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 nc73109266 Id of event.
Event Code 73109266 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73109266, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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