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Minor earthquake, 3.45 mag was detected near Malibu in CA


Earthquake location 34.0588341S, -118.7985001WA 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.

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More information

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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