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Minor earthquake, 3.93 mag was detected near Barstow in CA


Earthquake location 35.0946655S, -116.9641647WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.93 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Barstow in CA. Unique identifier: ci39296624. Ids that are associated to the event: ci39296624. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.9641647 West, latitude 35.0946655 North, depth = 2.02 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.02 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/02/20 / 2020-02-08 19:34:20 / February 8, 2020 @ 7:34 pm. The temblor was reported at 11:34:20 / 11:34 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Victorville (c. 115 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hesperia (c. 90 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Apple Valley (c. 69 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Adelanto (c. 31 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oak Hills, Ridgecrest, Hesperia (min 5000 pop).

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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eight hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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 NNE of Barstow, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.93 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.9641647° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.0946655° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.02 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km NNE of Barstow, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-02-08 19:34:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-08 19:42:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 40 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.16 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 252 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 91 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2205 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 33 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci39296624 Id of event.
Event Code 39296624 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39296624, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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