Minor earthquake, 3.21 mag was detected near Cantua Creek in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Cantua Creek in CA on Tuesday. Event id: nc73438321. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73438321. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.56 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/20 / 2020-08-04 21:28:36 / August 4, 2020 @ 9:28 pm. The temblor was detected at 21:28:36 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 2.56 km, -120.3314972° West, 36.3466682° North.

Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Fresno (c. 494 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Clovis (c. 95 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Madera (c. 61 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Hanford (c. 54 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Corcoran (c. 24 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sanger, Madera Acres, Parlier. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 18 km S of Cantua Creek, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Cantua Creek Clovis Corcoran Fresno Hanford Madera Madera Acres Parlier Sanger United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.21 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-120.3314972° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.3466682° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.56 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18km S of Cantua Creek, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-08-04 21:28:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-08-04 21:34:03	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	159	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	71	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3315	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.14 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	103	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	nc73438321	Id of event.
Event Code	73438321	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc73438321,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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