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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 6 km W of Ventura, CA


Earthquake location 34.2693333S, -119.2926667WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Ventura in CA on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 05:29:17 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci38231770. Unique identifier: ci38231770. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/11/19 / 2019-11-08 13:29:17 / November 8, 2019 @ 1:29 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 13.49 km (8 miles). Exact location of event, depth 13.49 km, -119.2926667° West, 34.2693333° North.

Epicenter of the event was 13 km (8 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Oxnard Shores (c. 187 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Santa Clarita (c. 176 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Valencia (c. 148 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Thousand Oaks (c. 126 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Clarita, Northridge, Topanga (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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: 6 km W of Ventura, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.2926667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.2693333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km W of Ventura, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-08 13:29:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-08 16:40:50 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 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 129 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.007194 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 149 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 ci38231770 Id of event.
Event Code 38231770 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38231770, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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