Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag was detected near Coso Junction in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/07/24 / 2024-07-16 06:24:17 / July 16, 2024 @ 6:24 am. Exact location of event, depth -0.59 km, -118.0526657° West, 36.1484985° North. Event id: ci40660767. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40660767. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.59 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 06:24:17 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest, Alta Sierra (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 15 km NW of Coso Junction, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Alta Sierra CA Coso Junction Ridgecrest United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.96 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.0526657° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.1484985° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-0.59 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15 km NW 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	2024-07-16 06:24:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-16 06:29:47	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	135	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	43	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1631	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.21 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	47	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	ci40660767	Id of event.
Event Code	40660767	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40660767,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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