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Minor earthquake, 2.99 mag has occurred near Searles Valley in CA

Posted by admin on January 17, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 35.6463318S, -117.4823303WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 8.94 km, -117.4823303° West, 35.6463318° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39273704. Id of event: ci39273704. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.94 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 05:06:21 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 13:06:21 / January 17, 2020 @ 1:06 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one thousand and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km SSW of Searles Valley, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.99 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.4823303° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6463318° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km SSW of Searles Valley, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-17 13:06:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-17 13:08:47 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 138 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 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06191 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 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 ci39273704 Id of event.
Event Code 39273704 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39273704, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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