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Minor earthquake, 2.83 mag has occurred near Fillmore in CA


Earthquake location 34.548S, -118.894WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Fillmore in CA. The temblor was reported at 18:01:55 / 6:01 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.18 km (13 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/12/20 / 2020-12-14 18:01:55 / December 14, 2020 @ 6:01 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: ci37308332. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37308332. Exact location of earthquake, -118.894° West, 34.548° North, depth 21.18 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tehachapi, La Cañada Flintridge, Golden Hills. The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from North Glendale (c. 203 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Glendale (c. 191 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Oxnard Shores (c. 187 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Santa Clarita (c. 176 300 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 17 km N of Fillmore, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.83 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.894° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.548° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km N of Fillmore, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-14 18:01:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-15 22:57:05 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 reviewed 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 123 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1403 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 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 ci37308332 Id of event.
Event Code 37308332 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37308332, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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