Minor earthquake, 3.91 mag has occurred near Coso Junction in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.91 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. Id of earthquake: ci40714056. Event ids that are associated: ci40714056, us7000mces. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/04/24 / 2024-04-16 15:23:26 / April 16, 2024 @ 3:23 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:23:26 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 5.08 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -117.8948333 West, latitude 36.117 North, depth = 5.08 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 59 km (36 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km NNE of Coso Junction, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.91 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-117.8948333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.117° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.08 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km NNE of Coso Junction, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-04-16 15:23:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-15 15:37:49	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	8	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.802	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	238	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,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	42	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03237	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	41	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mw	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci40714056	Id of event.
Event Code	40714056	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40714056,us7000mces,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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