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Minor earthquake 2.91 mag, 76 km SSW of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA


Earthquake location 32.2105S, -118.7031667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was reported 76 km SSW of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA (47 miles) on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38250648. Id of event: ci38250648. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/18 / 2018-08-17 06:11:09 / August 17, 2018 @ 6:11 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -118.7031667° West, latitude 32.2105° North, depth = 21.67 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.67 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:11:09 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter).

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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km SSW of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.91 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.7031667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.2105° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 76km SSW of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-17 06:11:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-17 15:56:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7785 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 265 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 ci38250648 Id of event.
Event Code 38250648 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38250648, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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