Minor earthquake, 2.99 mag strikes near Grapevine in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Grapevine in CA on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.66 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 10:13:34 / August 7, 2024 @ 10:13 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 10:13:34 / 10:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.0843353 West, latitude 35.0854988 North, depth = 11.66 km. Unique identifier: ci40867024. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40867024.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Castaic, Fillmore, Delano (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Arvin (c. 19 300 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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 NW of Grapevine, CA.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.99 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.0843353° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.0854988° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.66 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21 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 10:13:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-07 10:15:45	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	138	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	85	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02684	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	ci40867024	Id of event.
Event Code	40867024	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40867024,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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