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Minor earthquake 3.41 mag, 32 km ENE of Big Bear City, CA


Earthquake location 34.4205017S, -116.5491638WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Big Bear City in CA on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/16 / 2016-08-30 14:25:10 / August 30, 2016 @ 2:25 pm. Unique identifier: ci37676560. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37676560. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.37 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, depth 7.37 km, -116.5491638° West, 34.4205017° North. The temblor was reported at 07:25:10 / 7:25 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rialto, Moreno Valley, Grand Terrace (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Victorville (c. 115 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Rialto (c. 99 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hesperia (c. 90 200 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km ENE of Big Bear City, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.41 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.5491638° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.4205017° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32km ENE of Big Bear City, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-08-30 14:25:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-08-30 14:27:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 179 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 118 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.07543 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 27 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 ci37676560 Id of event.
Event Code 37676560 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37676560, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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