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Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag has occurred near Rancho Cucamonga in CA


Earthquake location 34.1809998S, -117.5554962WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Rancho Cucamonga in CA. Event id: ci39805264. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39805264. The temblor was picked up at 06:17:09 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -117.5554962° West, latitude 34.1809998° North, depth = 9.34 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.34 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 01/03/21 / 2021-03-01 06:17:09 / March 1, 2021 @ 6:17 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Beverly Hills, Alondra Park, Ladera Heights.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km NNE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.5554962° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.1809998° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km NNE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-03-01 06:17:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-01 06:21:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 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 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 117 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0594 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 26 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 ci39805264 Id of event.
Event Code 39805264 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39805264, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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