Minor earthquake, 3.09 mag was detected near Lamont in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Lamont in CA on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 9.84 km, -119.1009979° West, 35.1118317° North. Id of earthquake: ci40866264. Event ids that are associated: ci40866264. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.84 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 06:37:32 / August 7, 2024 @ 6:37 am. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:37:32 / 6:37 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Arvin (c. 19 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mira Monte, Ojai, Delano (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 occurred nearby.

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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: 24 km SW of Lamont, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.09 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.1009979° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.1118317° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.84 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	24 km SW of Lamont, 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 06:37:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-07 06:39:40	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	147	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	94	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05495	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.28 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	27	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	ci40866264	Id of event.
Event Code	40866264	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40866264,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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