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Minor earthquake: M2.98 quake has struck near Searles Valley in CA

Posted by admin on January 21, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 35.6170006S, -117.4296646WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/01/20 / 2020-01-21 02:08:19 / January 21, 2020 @ 2:08 am. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:08:19 / 6:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.4296646 West, latitude 35.6170006 North, depth = 9.73 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.73 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: ci39276560. Ids that are associated to the event: ci39276560.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fort Irwin, California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (14 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one thousand and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 17 km S of Searles Valley, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.4296646° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6170006° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.73 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km S 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 2020-01-21 02:08:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-21 02:10:28 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 137 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1061 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 29 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 ci39276560 Id of event.
Event Code 39276560 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39276560, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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