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Minor earthquake, 3.58 mag has occurred near Malibu in CA


Earthquake location 34.0678329S, -118.8069992WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.58 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Malibu in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.55 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40734823. Id of event: ci40734823. Exact location of event, depth 10.55 km, -118.8069992° West, 34.0678329° North. Global time and date of event 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 11:22:08 / September 16, 2024 @ 11:22 am UTC/GMT. The 3.58-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:22:08 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from North Glendale (c. 203 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Glendale (c. 191 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Oxnard Shores (c. 187 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palmdale, Covina, Citrus (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km N of Malibu, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.58 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.8069992° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.0678329° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 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 2024-09-16 11:22:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-16 11:24:25 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 197 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 136 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.03444 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mlr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci40734823 Id of event.
Event Code 40734823 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40734823, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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