A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Malibu in CA on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -118.7996674 West, latitude 34.0681648 North, depth = 9.85 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/09/24 / 2024-09-12 15:40:49 / September 12, 2024 @ 3:40 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.44-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:40:49 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci40731759. Event ids that are associated: ci40731759. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.85 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fullerton, Quartz Hill, Midway City (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from North Glendale (c. 203 200 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Glendale (c. 191 700 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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