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Minor earthquake, 3.57 mag has occurred near Newport Beach in CA


Earthquake location 33.6286659S, -117.908165WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Newport Beach in CA. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.908165 West, latitude 33.6286659 North, depth = 12.28 km. The 3.57-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:52:24 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/24 / 2024-06-06 23:52:24 / June 6, 2024 @ 11:52 pm. Event id: ci40616303. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1717717940, ci40616303. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.28 km (8 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 14 km (8 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Irvine (c. 212 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Highland, Malibu Beach, Topanga.

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km ENE of Newport Beach, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.57 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.908165° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.6286659° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km ENE of Newport Beach, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-06 23:52:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-06 23:57:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 9 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.685 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 200 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 ,ew,ci, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 149 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.03953 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 ci40616303 Id of event.
Event Code 40616303 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1717717940,ci40616303, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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