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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Tres Pinos in CA


Earthquake location 36.7056656S, -121.3470001WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -121.3470001 West, latitude 36.7056656 North, depth = 4.83 km. Unique identifier: nc73527601. Ids that are associated to the event: nc73527601. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.83 km (3 miles). Global time and date of event 25/02/21 / 2021-02-25 08:11:51 / February 25, 2021 @ 8:11 am UTC/GMT. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:11:51 / 8:11 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Newman, Scotts Valley, Gustine. The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop).

Every 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. 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-seven 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km SSW of Tres Pinos, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.3470001° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.7056656° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.83 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km SSW 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 2021-02-25 08:11:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-25 08:16:06 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 121 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.07067 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 62 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 nc73527601 Id of event.
Event Code 73527601 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73527601, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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