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Minor earthquake, 2.85 mag strikes near Lucerne Valley in CA


Earthquake location 34.6061667S, -116.6358333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Lucerne Valley in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/20 / 2020-07-06 03:05:16 / July 6, 2020 @ 3:05 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39281039, us7000aiip. Id of event: ci39281039. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.3 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 03:05:16 / 3:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 7.3 km, -116.6358333° West, 34.6061667° North.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cherry Valley, Mentone, Twentynine Palms (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Victorville (c. 115 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hesperia (c. 90 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Apple Valley (c. 69 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Highland (c. 53 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yucaipa (c. 51 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.85 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.6358333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.6061667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km ENE of Lucerne 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 2020-07-06 03:05:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-06 03:13:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 125 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.03875 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 ci39281039 Id of event.
Event Code 39281039 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39281039,us7000aiip, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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