Minor earthquake 3.72 mag, 8 km ESE of Deep Springs, CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.72 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 8 km ESE of Deep Springs, CA (5 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.77 km (2 miles). The temblor was picked up at 13:02:18 / 1:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.9000015 West, latitude 37.340168 North, depth = 2.77 km. Unique identifier: nc72975536. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72975536. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/02/18 / 2018-02-24 21:02:18 / February 24, 2018 @ 9:02 pm.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km ESE of Deep Springs, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.72 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-117.9000015° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.340168° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.77 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8km ESE of Deep Springs, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-02-24 21:02:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-02-24 21:11:08	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	4.5	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	213	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	47	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.303	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	155	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	nc72975536	Id of event.
Event Code	72975536	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc72975536,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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