Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Templeton in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Templeton in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -120.79850006103° West, 35.561668395996° North, depth 5.4099998474121 km. The temblor was detected at 23:54:58 / 11:54 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.4099998474121 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 23:54:58 / November 20, 2025 @ 11:54 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75266816. Unique identifier: nc75266816.

Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Santa Maria (c. 99 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from San Luis Obispo (c. 45 100 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Atascadero (c. 28 300 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Paso Robles (c. 27 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Arroyo Grande (c. 17 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coalinga, Santa Maria, Guadalupe (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km W of Templeton, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Arroyo Grande Atascadero CA Coalinga Guadalupe Paso Robles San Luis Obispo Santa Maria Templeton United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-120.79850006103° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.561668395996° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.4099998474121 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 km W of Templeton, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-20 23:54:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-20 23:58:47	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	2	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	45	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.105	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.05 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	49	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	nc75266816	Id of event.
Event Code	75266816	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75266816,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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