Minor earthquake: M2.97 quake has struck near Northridge in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Northridge in CA on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 10:38:48 / 10:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.4988327 West, latitude 34.2281685 North, depth = 11.41 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/01/19 / 2019-01-12 18:38:48 / January 12, 2019 @ 6:38 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.41 km (7 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38423128. Id of event: ci38423128.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from North Glendale (c. 203 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chino, Villa Park, Huntington Beach.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km ESE of Northridge, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Anaheim CA Chino Huntington Beach Long Beach Los Angeles North Glendale Northridge Oxnard United States Villa Park

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.97 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.4988327° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.2281685° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.41 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3km ESE of Northridge, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-01-12 18:38:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-01-12 18:55:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	87	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.82	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	162	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	90	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.04927	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	25	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	ci38423128	Id of event.
Event Code	38423128	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci38423128,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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