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Minor earthquake 2.95 mag, 12 km NE of Ridgecrest, CA

Posted by admin on July 17, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 35.7018318S, -117.5823364WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -117.5823364° West, 35.7018318° North, depth 2.12 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/07/20 / 2020-07-17 22:13:39 / July 17, 2020 @ 10:13 pm. Event id: ci38595986. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38595986. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.12 km (1 miles). The 2.95-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:13:39 / 10:13 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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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: 12 km NE of Ridgecrest, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.5823364° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.7018318° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km NE of Ridgecrest, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-17 22:13:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-17 22:19:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 136 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 0.08346 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 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 ci38595986 Id of event.
Event Code 38595986 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38595986, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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