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Minor earthquake: M3.07 quake has struck near Ferndale in CA


Earthquake location 40.8131667S, -127.1881667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 248 km W of Ferndale, CA (154 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/20 / 2020-05-19 15:49:32 / May 19, 2020 @ 3:49 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.62 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 07:49:32 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -127.1881667° West, latitude 40.8131667° North, depth = 9.62 km. Id of earthquake: nc73390311. Event ids that are associated: nc73390311.

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 248 km W of Ferndale, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.07 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -127.1881667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.8131667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 248km W of Ferndale, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-19 15:49:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-22 19:24:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 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 reviewed 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 145 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.195 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 312 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 nc73390311 Id of event.
Event Code 73390311 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73390311, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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