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Minor earthquake, 3.02 mag has occurred near Searles Valley in CA

Posted by admin on April 6, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 35.6766663S, -117.5186691WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The temblor was reported at 10:10:03 / 10:10 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/04/20 / 2020-04-06 18:10:03 / April 6, 2020 @ 6:10 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.14 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci39138391. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39138391. Exact location of earthquake, -117.5186691° West, 35.6766663° North, depth 8.14 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 15 km (9 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one thousand and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SW of Searles Valley, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.02 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.5186691° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6766663° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km SW 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 2020-04-06 18:10:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-06 18:16:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 141 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1198 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 61 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 ci39138391 Id of event.
Event Code 39138391 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39138391, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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