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Minor earthquake 2.99 mag, 9 km SSW of Mariposa, CA

Posted by admin on September 20, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.40966796875S, -119.99266815185WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Mariposa in CA. The temblor was reported at 21:28:07 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.99266815185 West, latitude 37.40966796875 North, depth = 19.590000152588 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.590000152588 km (12 miles). Global time and date of event 20/09/25 / 2025-09-20 21:28:07 / September 20, 2025 @ 9:28 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc75239972. Id of event: nc75239972.

Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Fresno (c. 494 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Clovis (c. 95 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Merced (c. 79 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Turlock (c. 68 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Madera (c. 61 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kerman, Fresno, Turlock (min 5000 pop).

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. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.99 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.99266815185° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.40966796875° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.590000152588 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km SSW of Mariposa, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-20 21:28:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-20 21:32:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 138 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1984 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 nc75239972 Id of event.
Event Code 75239972 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc75239972, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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