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Minor earthquake, 3.61 mag was detected near Johannesburg in California

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.61 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Johannesburg in California. The temblor was reported at 00:04:30 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.89 km (1 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/12/15 / 2015-12-26 08:04:30 / December 26, 2015 @ 8:04 am. Exact location, longitude -117.2809982° West, latitude 35.2111664° North, depth = 0.89 km. Id of earthquake: ci37506064. Event ids that are associated: ci37506064.

Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Victorville (c. 115 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Apple Valley (c. 69 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Adelanto (c. 31 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lake Los Angeles, Apple Valley, Victorville (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 37 km ESE of Johannesburg, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.61 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-117.2809982° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.2111664° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.89 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	37km ESE of Johannesburg, California	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-12-26 08:04:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-12-26 08:11:06	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	5.38	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	reviewed	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	200	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	92	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1945	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.16 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	mlr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci37506064	Id of event.
Event Code	37506064	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37506064,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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