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Minor earthquake 3.21 mag, 26 km NW of Ludlow, CA


Earthquake location 34.8548317S, -116.3984985WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Ludlow in CA. Exact location of event, depth 0.76 km, -116.3984985° West, 34.8548317° North. Unique identifier: ci38148144. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38148144. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/04/18 / 2018-04-13 02:47:50 / April 13, 2018 @ 2:47 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.76 km (0 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:47:50 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Big Bear City (c. 12 300 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Joshua Tree (c. 7 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Joshua Tree, Big Bear City, Lucerne Valley.

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 two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 26 km NW of Ludlow, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.21 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.3984985° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.8548317° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.76 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km NW of Ludlow, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-13 02:47:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-13 02:49:59 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 159 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 72 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05807 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 ci38148144 Id of event.
Event Code 38148144 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38148144, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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