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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Kettleman City in CA

Posted by admin on December 5, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 35.9556656S, -119.7623367WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Kettleman City in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -119.7623367° West, 35.9556656° North, depth 14.46 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/17 / 2017-12-05 00:44:23 / December 5, 2017 @ 12:44 am UTC/GMT. Event id: nc72935206. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc72935206. The temblor was detected at 16:44:23 / 4:44 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.46 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Visalia (c. 124 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Tulare (c. 59 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Porterville (c. 54 200 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Hanford (c. 54 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Woodlake, Orosi, Reedley.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km ESE of Kettleman City, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.7623367° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.9556656° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km ESE of Kettleman 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 2017-12-05 00:44:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-05 00:49:11 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 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 148 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nc The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 78 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3006 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 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 nc72935206 Id of event.
Event Code 72935206 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72935206, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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