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Minor earthquake, 2.87 mag was detected near Tres Pinos in CA


Earthquake location 36.6653328S, -121.2961655WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/07/20 / 2020-07-14 15:00:38 / July 14, 2020 @ 3:00 pm. Event id: nc73426211. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73426211. Exact location, longitude -121.2961655° West, latitude 36.6653328° North, depth = 5.71 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.71 km (4 miles). The temblor was picked up at 15:00:38 / 3:00 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Scotts Valley, Newman, Santa Cruz (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km S of Tres Pinos, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.2961655° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.6653328° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.71 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km S of Tres Pinos, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-14 15:00:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-14 15:02:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 127 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04974 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 54 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 nc73426211 Id of event.
Event Code 73426211 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73426211, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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