Minor earthquake: M3.05 quake has struck near Alum Rock in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Alum Rock in CA. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/08/20 / 2020-08-02 12:40:24 / August 2, 2020 @ 12:40 pm. Event id: nc73437281. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73437281. The 3.05-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:40:24 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.88 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -121.754837 West, latitude 37.4085007 North, depth = 7.88 km.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 15 km (9 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from San Francisco (c. 805 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Oakland (c. 390 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Stockton (c. 291 700 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Richmond, Garden Acres, August (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km NE of Alum Rock, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.05 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.754837° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.4085007° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.88 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8km NE of Alum Rock, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-08-02 12:40:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-08-02 12:45:44	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	6	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	80	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03727	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.07 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	29	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	nc73437281	Id of event.
Event Code	73437281	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73437281,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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