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Minor earthquake 2.86 mag, 23 km W of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

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Earthquake location 33.7101669S, -118.628334WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Rancho Palos Verdes in CA on Monday. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:34:26 / 11:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.05 km (-0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/09/24 / 2024-09-02 11:34:26 / September 2, 2024 @ 11:34 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -118.628334° West, latitude 33.7101669° North, depth = -0.05 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40722367. Id of event: ci40722367.

Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Irvine (c. 212 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Duarte, El Rio, Villa Park (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km W of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.86 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.628334° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.7101669° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -0.05 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23 km W of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-02 11:34:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-02 11:36:34 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 126 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 91 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1898 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 163 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 ci40722367 Id of event.
Event Code 40722367 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40722367, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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