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Minor earthquake, 2.89 mag strikes near Grapevine in CA


Earthquake location 35.0511665S, -118.940834WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Grapevine in CA on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/24 / 2024-07-04 08:51:42 / July 4, 2024 @ 8:51 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.940834 West, latitude 35.0511665 North, depth = 6.39 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.39 km (4 miles). Event id: ci40648447. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40648447. The temblor was detected at 08:51:42 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mira Monte, McFarland, Valencia (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Valencia (c. 148 500 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Arvin (c. 19 300 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 12 km N of Grapevine, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.89 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.940834° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.0511665° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.39 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km N of Grapevine, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-04 08:51:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-04 08:53:48 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 102 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1175 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 ci40648447 Id of event.
Event Code 40648447 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40648447, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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