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Minor earthquake, 2.85 mag has occurred near Grapevine in CA


Earthquake location 35.1008339S, -119.1100006WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Grapevine in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -119.1100006° West, 35.1008339° North, depth 12.29 km. Global time and date of event 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 06:19:57 / August 7, 2024 @ 6:19 am UTC/GMT. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:19:57 / 6:19 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.29 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ci40866144. Event ids that are associated: ci40866144.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mira Monte, Delano, Ojai. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 31 km (20 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Arvin (c. 19 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km NW of Grapevine, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.85 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.1100006° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.1008339° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km NW 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 2024-08-07 06:19:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-07 06:22:30 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 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 125 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 67 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0473 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 25 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 ci40866144 Id of event.
Event Code 40866144 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40866144, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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