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Minor earthquake, 2.87 mag was detected near Tres Pinos in CA


Earthquake location 36.640998840332S, -121.29116821289WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Tres Pinos in CA on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/01/25 / 2025-01-13 11:36:14 / January 13, 2025 @ 11:36 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -121.29116821289° West, latitude 36.640998840332° North, depth = 7.2399997711182 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.2399997711182 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 11:36:14 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nc75116576. Unique identifier: nc75116576.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz, Gustine, Live Oak (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 33 km (20 miles) from Salinas (c. 150 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 59 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Watsonville (c. 51 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Gilroy (c. 48 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Morgan Hill (c. 37 900 pop).

Each 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 six and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 17 km S of Tres Pinos, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.29116821289° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.640998840332° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.2399997711182 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km S 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 2025-01-13 11:36:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-13 11:38:08 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 127 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.03552 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 32 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc75116576 Id of event.
Event Code 75116576 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75116576, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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