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Minor earthquake 3.52 mag, 5 km SE of Ontario, CA


Earthquake location 34.0226669S, -117.5930023WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.52 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Ontario in CA on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 17:05:45 / 5:05 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/09/24 / 2024-09-07 17:05:45 / September 7, 2024 @ 5:05 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.92 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -117.5930023 West, latitude 34.0226669 North, depth = 5.92 km. Event id: ci40727423. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40727423.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Fernando, Camp Pendleton North, Santa Monica (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Irvine (c. 212 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km SE of Ontario, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.52 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.5930023° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.0226669° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km SE of Ontario, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-07 17:05:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-07 17:09:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.783 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 192 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 120 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01586 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 18 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 ci40727423 Id of event.
Event Code 40727423 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40727423, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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