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Minor earthquake, 2.84 mag strikes near Pinnacles in CA


Earthquake location 36.5998344S, -121.2111664WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Pinnacles in CA on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/03/20 / 2020-03-06 14:32:53 / March 6, 2020 @ 2:32 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -121.2111664° West, 36.5998344° North, depth 7.17 km. Id of earthquake: nc73350455. Event ids that are associated: nc73350455. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.17 km (4 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:32:53 / 6:32 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Los Banos (c. 36 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mendota, Gustine, Aptos.

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 10 km NW of Pinnacles, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.2111664° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5998344° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.17 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km NW of Pinnacles, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-06 14:32:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-06 14:39:04 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 124 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 60 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 0.2 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 md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc73350455 Id of event.
Event Code 73350455 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73350455, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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