Minor earthquake: M3.05 quake has struck near Bodfish in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Bodfish in CA on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.8 km (2 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ci37406098. Unique identifier: ci37406098. Exact location of event, depth 3.8 km, -118.5475006° West, 35.3935013° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/10/18 / 2018-10-27 13:58:18 / October 27, 2018 @ 1:58 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 05:58:18 / 5:58 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Arvin (c. 19 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Delano, Wasco, McFarland (min 5000 pop).

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 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 22 km SSW of Bodfish, CA.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.05 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.5475006° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.3935013° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22km SSW of Bodfish, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-10-27 13:58:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-10-27 14:10:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	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	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	144	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	76	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1454	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	43	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	ci37406098	Id of event.
Event Code	37406098	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37406098,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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