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Minor earthquake 3.32 mag, 23 km NW of Ludlow, CA


Earthquake location 34.8600006S, -116.3404999WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Ludlow in CA on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.51 km (1 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:26:16 / 1:26 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/10/20 / 2020-10-27 01:26:16 / October 27, 2020 @ 1:26 am. Unique identifier: ci39445839. Ids that are associated to the event: ci39445839. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.3404999 West, latitude 34.8600006 North, depth = 1.51 km.

The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Big Bear City (c. 12 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Joshua Tree (c. 7 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Big Bear City, Joshua Tree, Lucerne Valley (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km NW of Ludlow, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.32 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.3404999° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.8600006° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km NW of Ludlow, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-27 01:26:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-27 01:28:47 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 170 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 72 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.03086 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 ci39445839 Id of event.
Event Code 39445839 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39445839, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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