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Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag was detected near Eastvale in California


Earthquake location 33.948S, -117.6349WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Eastvale in California on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 9 km, -117.6349° West, 33.948° North. Event id: ew1727812580. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1727812580. The temblor was reported at 19:56:20 / 7:56 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 19:56:20 / October 1, 2024 @ 7:56 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Irvine (c. 212 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oceanside, Camp Pendleton South, Palmdale (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km WSW of Eastvale, California.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.6349° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.948° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km WSW of Eastvale, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-01 19:56:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-01 19:58:07 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 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 234 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ew The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ew, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 ew1727812580 Id of event.
Event Code 1727812580 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1727812580, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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