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Minor earthquake 3.4 mag, 2 km NNW of Fuente Vaqueros, Spain


Earthquake location 37.2424S, -3.7963WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Fuente Vaqueros in Spain. The temblor was picked up at 23:09:09 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/12/20 / 2020-12-02 23:09:09 / December 2, 2020 @ 11:09 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000cmba. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000cmba. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -3.7963 West, latitude 37.2424 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Close country/countries, Spain (c. 46 506 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Málaga (c. 568 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Granada (c. 234 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Jaén (c. 116 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Vélez-Málaga (c. 74 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Motril (c. 60 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Montilla, Aguilar, Mengibar (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km NNW of Fuente Vaqueros, Spain. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -3.7963° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.2424° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km NNW of Fuente Vaqueros, Spain Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-02 23:09:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-02 23:32:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.6 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 179 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.082 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 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 us7000cmba Id of event.
Event Code 7000cmba An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000cmba, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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