Minor earthquake: M3.71 quake has struck near Olancha in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.71 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Olancha in CA. All ids that are associated to the event: ci40746391. Unique identifier: ci40746391. Exact location of event, depth 0.29 km, -118.0114975° West, 36.2044983° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/09/24 / 2024-09-26 18:24:29 / September 26, 2024 @ 6:24 pm. The 3.71-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:24:29 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 0.29 km (0 miles).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eleven 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 9 km S of Olancha, CA.

Alta Sierra CA Olancha Ridgecrest United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.71 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.0114975° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.2044983° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.29 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km S of Olancha, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-26 18:24:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-26 18:30:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.388	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	212	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	45	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1536	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.21 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	45	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mw	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci40746391	Id of event.
Event Code	40746391	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40746391,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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