Minor earthquake: M2.6 quake strikes near La Habra in California

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.6 (mg/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from La Habra in California. The temblor was reported at 11:59:55 / 11:59 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 1.1 km (1 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-17 07:59:55 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -117.9521667 West, latitude 33.9256667 North, depth 1.1 km.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Clarita, Palmdale, Sun City.

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Anaheim California La Habra Long Beach Los Angeles Palmdale Riverside Santa Ana Santa Clarita Sun City United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-117.9521667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.9256667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.1 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	0km SW of La Habra, California	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-01-17 19:59:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-01-17 20:05:07	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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		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	105	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ci	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	ci	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	77	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03076	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	53	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	ci37306296	Id of event.
Event Code	37306296	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	ci37306296	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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