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Minor earthquake 3.85 mag, 9 km ENE of Gilroy, CA


Earthquake location 37.0453339S, -121.4814987WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.85 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Gilroy in CA on Monday. The temblor was detected at 01:38:13 / 1:38 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.9 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 22/02/21 / 2021-02-22 01:38:13 / February 22, 2021 @ 1:38 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -121.4814987° West, latitude 37.0453339° North, depth = 6.9 km. Unique identifier: nc73526151. Ids that are associated to the event: ew1613957893, nc73526151.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from San Jose (c. 945 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Fremont (c. 214 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Modesto (c. 201 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Hayward (c. 144 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Sunnyvale (c. 140 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lathrop, Belmont, Hayward.

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km ENE of Gilroy, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.85 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.4814987° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.0453339° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km ENE of Gilroy, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-22 01:38:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-22 01:42:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 14 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.3 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 233 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 ,ew,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 74 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02007 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 nc73526151 Id of event.
Event Code 73526151 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1613957893,nc73526151, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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