Minor earthquake, 2.91 mag was detected near Los Banos in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Los Banos in CA. Global time and date of event 25/03/20 / 2020-03-25 17:46:53 / March 25, 2020 @ 5:46 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.97 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -120.8201675 West, latitude 36.9578323 North, depth = 6.97 km. The temblor was reported at 09:46:53 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter). Event id: nc73359240. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73359240.

The epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Merced (c. 79 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Turlock (c. 68 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Madera (c. 61 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ceres (c. 45 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Morgan Hill, Waterford, West Modesto. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 12 km SSE of Los Banos, CA.

CA Ceres Gilroy Los Banos Madera Merced Morgan Hill Turlock United States Waterford West Modesto

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.91 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-120.8201675° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.9578323° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.97 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km SSE of Los Banos, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-03-25 17:46:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-03-25 17:50:52	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	130	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	45	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.09367	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.13 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	155	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	nc73359240	Id of event.
Event Code	73359240	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73359240,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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