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Minor earthquake 2.97 mag, 21 km SSE of Malibu, CA


Earthquake location 33.8176651S, -118.7574997WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Malibu in CA on Sunday. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:10:14 / 2:10 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.56 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -118.7574997 West, latitude 33.8176651 North, depth = 0.56 km. Unique identifier: ci40861744. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40861744. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/24 / 2024-08-04 14:10:14 / August 4, 2024 @ 2:10 pm.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from North Glendale (c. 203 200 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Anaheim, La Puente, West Puente Valley.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km SSE of Malibu, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.7574997° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.8176651° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km SSE of Malibu, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-04 14:10:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-04 14:14:16 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 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 1.5 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 136 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 116 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1908 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 140 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 ci40861744 Id of event.
Event Code 40861744 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40861744, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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