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Minor earthquake, 2.94 mag has occurred near Corralitos in CA


Earthquake location 37.0105019S, -121.8153305WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Corralitos in CA on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/04/19 / 2019-04-13 18:59:21 / April 13, 2019 @ 6:59 pm. The temblor was reported at 10:59:21 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nc73165370. Unique identifier: nc73165370. Exact location of event, depth 12.56 km, -121.8153305° West, 37.0105019° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.56 km (8 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hayward (c. 144 200 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Sunnyvale (c. 140 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cherryland, Soledad, Newman (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 3 km NNW of Corralitos, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.94 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.8153305° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.0105019° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km NNW of Corralitos, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-04-13 18:59:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-13 19:07:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 57 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.3 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 152 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 78 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.08348 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 nc73165370 Id of event.
Event Code 73165370 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73165370, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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