Minor earthquake, 3.47 mag has occurred near Barstow in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.47 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Barstow in CA on Monday. Exact location, longitude -116.7986679° West, latitude 34.940834° North, depth = 1.59 km. Unique identifier: ci40675231. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40675231. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/24 / 2024-07-29 20:03:33 / July 29, 2024 @ 8:03 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.59 km (1 miles). The 3.47-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:03:33 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oak Hills, Big Bear Lake, Big Bear City (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Victorville (c. 115 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hesperia (c. 90 200 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Apple Valley (c. 69 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Adelanto (c. 31 800 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop).

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

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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. 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: 21 km ENE of Barstow, CA.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.47 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.7986679° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.940834° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.59 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21 km ENE of Barstow, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-07-29 20:03:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-29 20:08:30	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	3.76	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	185	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	86	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1755	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	63	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	ci40675231	Id of event.
Event Code	40675231	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40675231,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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