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Minor earthquake, 2.85 mag has occurred near Little Lake in CA


Earthquake location 35.9474983S, -117.6831665WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.61 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40696455. Id of event: ci40696455. The temblor was detected at 17:18:39 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/08/24 / 2024-08-10 17:18:39 / August 10, 2024 @ 5:18 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -117.6831665° West, 35.9474983° North, depth 4.61 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest.

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km E of Little Lake, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.85 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.6831665° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.9474983° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km E of Little Lake, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-10 17:18:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-10 17:20:46 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02661 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 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 ci40696455 Id of event.
Event Code 40696455 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40696455, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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