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Minor earthquake, 3.08 mag strikes near Little Lake in CA


Earthquake location 35.9758339S, -117.6721649WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 21:26:24 / 9:26 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.01 km (1 miles). Event id: ci38563839. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38563839. Exact location of event, longitude -117.6721649 West, latitude 35.9758339 North, depth = 2.01 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/07/19 / 2019-07-14 05:26:24 / July 14, 2019 @ 5:26 am.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days seven hundred and five, in the past 30 days seven hundred and six and in the last 365 days seven hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km ENE of Little Lake, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.08 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.6721649° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.9758339° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km ENE of Little Lake, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-14 05:26:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-14 05:29:01 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 146 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.03301 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 ci38563839 Id of event.
Event Code 38563839 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38563839, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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