Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag strikes near Independence in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 53 km ENE of Independence, CA (33 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.47 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 05:03:39 / 5:03 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72793691, nn00587028, ci37866344. Id of event: ci37866344. Exact location, longitude -117.6575° West, latitude 37.0035° North, depth = 0.47 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/04/17 / 2017-04-25 13:03:39 / April 25, 2017 @ 1:03 pm.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 53 km ENE of Independence, CA.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.97 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-117.6575° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.0035° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.47 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	53km ENE of Independence, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-04-25 13:03:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-04-25 13:49:48	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	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	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	136	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	,nc,nn,ci,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	13	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2292	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.19 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	77	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	ci37866344	Id of event.
Event Code	37866344	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc72793691,nn00587028,ci37866344,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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