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Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag strikes near Kettleman City in CA

Posted by admin on December 24, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.0018349S, -119.9351654WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Kettleman City in CA on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 24/12/19 / 2019-12-24 23:47:02 / December 24, 2019 @ 11:47 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.75 km (14 miles). Event id: nc73319181. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: nc73319181. Exact location of event, longitude -119.9351654 West, latitude 36.0018349 North, depth = 21.75 km. The temblor was detected at 15:47:02 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Exeter, Dinuba, Parlier (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Visalia (c. 124 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Tulare (c. 59 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Hanford (c. 54 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 2 km ESE of Kettleman City, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.9351654° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0018349° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km ESE of Kettleman City, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-24 23:47:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-24 23:51:04 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 135 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nc The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nc, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2913 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 41 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc73319181 Id of event.
Event Code 73319181 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73319181, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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