A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Compton in California. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.41 km (8 miles). Exact location of event, depth 12.41 km, -118.2371674° West, 33.8753319° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/08/15 / 2015-08-31 16:05:22 / August 31, 2015 @ 4:05 pm. Id of earthquake: ci37236159. Event ids that are associated: ci37236159. The 3.17-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:05:22 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 20 km (12 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmdale, Riverside, Rubidoux.
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 twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km SW of Compton, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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