Minor earthquake, 3.45 mag was detected near Malibu in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.45 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Malibu in CA on Thursday. Event id: ci40731847. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40731847. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.39 km (7 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:37:32 / 4:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.7985001 West, latitude 34.0588341 North, depth = 11.39 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/09/24 / 2024-09-12 16:37:32 / September 12, 2024 @ 4:37 pm.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fullerton, Rowland Heights, Midway City. Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from North Glendale (c. 203 200 pop), 38 km (24 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).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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: 6 km N of Malibu, CA.

CA Fullerton Glendale Long Beach Los Angeles Malibu Midway City North Glendale Oxnard Rowland Heights United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.45 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.7985001° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.0588341° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.39 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km N of Malibu, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-12 16:37:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-12 16:43:41	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	3.176	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	reviewed	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	183	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	113	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05471	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	79	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	ci40731847	Id of event.
Event Code	40731847	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40731847,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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