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Minor earthquake, 2.86 mag strikes near Olancha in CA

Posted by admin on August 16, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.2193333S, -117.8726667WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Olancha in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.42 km (2 miles). The temblor was detected at 15:13:28 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/20 / 2020-08-16 15:13:28 / August 16, 2020 @ 3:13 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39346743. Id of event: ci39346743. Exact location of event, depth 3.42 km, -117.8726667° West, 36.2193333° North.

Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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 one hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km ESE of Olancha, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.86 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.8726667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.2193333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.42 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km ESE of Olancha, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-16 15:13:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-16 15:17:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 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 126 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1026 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 ci39346743 Id of event.
Event Code 39346743 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39346743, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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