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Minor earthquake: M2.89 quake has struck near Devore in California


Earthquake location 34.1889992S, -117.4128342WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Devore in California on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 18:18:15 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/12/15 / 2015-12-30 02:18:15 / December 30, 2015 @ 2:18 am. All ids that are associated to the event: ci37507696. Unique identifier: ci37507696. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.69 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 5.69 km, -117.4128342° West, 34.1889992° North.

The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Irvine (c. 212 400 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Costa Mesa, Rossmoor, Paramount (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km SSW of Devore, California.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.89 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.4128342° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.1889992° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km SSW of Devore, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-30 02:18:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-30 02:21:05 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 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 128 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 127 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.08253 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 23 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 ci37507696 Id of event.
Event Code 37507696 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37507696, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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