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Minor earthquake 2.98 mag, 24 km E of Maricopa, CA


Earthquake location 35.0830002S, -119.1431656WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Maricopa in CA. Exact location of event, longitude -119.1431656 West, latitude 35.0830002 North, depth = 9.92 km. The temblor was reported at 05:55:42 / 5:55 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci40706815. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40706815. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.92 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/08/24 / 2024-08-19 05:55:42 / August 19, 2024 @ 5:55 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Arvin (c. 19 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fillmore, Delano, Mira Monte (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 24 km E of Maricopa, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.1431656° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.0830002° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 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 2024-08-19 05:55:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-19 05:57:49 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 137 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 76 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05444 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 29 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 ci40706815 Id of event.
Event Code 40706815 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40706815, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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