Minor earthquake, 3.23 mag strikes near Maricopa in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.23 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Maricopa in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -119.1299973° West, 35.0976677° North, depth 11.76 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.76 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40868784. Id of event: ci40868784. The 3.23-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:16:58 / 10:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 22:16:58 / August 7, 2024 @ 10:16 pm.

The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Arvin (c. 19 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fillmore, Delano, Mira Monte (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.23 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.1299973° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.0976677° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.76 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 km E of Maricopa, 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 22:16:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-07 22:19:13	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	161	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	78	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05436	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.32 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	41	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	ci40868784	Id of event.
Event Code	40868784	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40868784,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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