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Minor earthquake, 2.94 mag strikes near San Clemente Is. (SE tip) in CA


Earthquake location 32.6878333S, -118.7331667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was reported 39 km WSW of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA (24 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.14 km (1 miles). Event id: ci40744000. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40744000, us6000mxjv. Exact location of event, longitude -118.7331667 West, latitude 32.6878333 North, depth = 2.14 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:29:56 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 09/05/24 / 2024-05-09 20:29:56 / May 9, 2024 @ 8:29 pm UTC/GMT.

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km WSW of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.94 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.7331667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.6878333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km WSW of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-09 20:29:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-07 20:23:55 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 133 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3308 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 273 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 ci40744000 Id of event.
Event Code 40744000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40744000,us6000mxjv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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