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Minor earthquake, 2.89 mag has occurred near Searles Valley in CA

Posted by admin on May 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 35.9664993S, -117.385498WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.385498 West, latitude 35.9664993 North, depth = 0.61 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 17:20:46 / May 21, 2024 @ 5:20 pm. The temblor was reported at 17:20:46 / 5:20 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.61 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ci40594887. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40594887.

Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. 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: 22 km N of Searles Valley, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.89 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.385498° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.9664993° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km N of Searles Valley, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-21 17:20:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-21 17:22:52 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 128 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 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1121 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 ci40594887 Id of event.
Event Code 40594887 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40594887, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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