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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Loma Linda in CA


Earthquake location 34.0496667S, -117.2503333WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Loma Linda in CA on Friday. Global time and date of event 04/11/16 / 2016-11-04 21:21:18 / November 4, 2016 @ 9:21 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ci37518175. Event ids that are associated: ci37518175. The temblor was reported at 14:21:18 / 2:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.45 km (10 miles). Exact location of event, depth 16.45 km, -117.2503333° West, 34.0496667° North.

Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Irvine (c. 212 400 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cypress, Westminster, Dana Point (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km E of Loma Linda, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.2503333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.0496667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1km E of Loma Linda, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-11-04 21:21:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-11-04 21:32:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 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 130 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 102 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.07004 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 16 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 ci37518175 Id of event.
Event Code 37518175 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37518175, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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