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Minor earthquake: M2.94 quake has struck near Morgan Hill in CA


Earthquake location 37.2355003S, -121.6210022WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Morgan Hill in CA on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -121.6210022 West, latitude 37.2355003 North, depth = 4.22 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/03/19 / 2019-03-26 05:57:35 / March 26, 2019 @ 5:57 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.22 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73156445. Id of event: nc73156445. The temblor was picked up at 21:57:35 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (17 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Modesto (c. 201 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Hayward (c. 144 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Millbrae, Hughson, Brentwood (min 5000 pop).

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 one and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 12 km NNE of Morgan Hill, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.94 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.6210022° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2355003° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.22 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km NNE of Morgan Hill, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-03-26 05:57:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-26 06:12:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 40 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 148 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 73 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 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 33 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 nc73156445 Id of event.
Event Code 73156445 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73156445, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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