Minor earthquake, 3.17 mag strikes near Grapevine in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Grapevine in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40952768. Id of event: ci40952768. Exact location of event, longitude -118.8775024 West, latitude 35.0066681 North, depth = 11.54 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:15:32 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.54 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/10/24 / 2024-10-12 16:15:32 / October 12, 2024 @ 4:15 pm UTC/GMT.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Santa Clarita (c. 176 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Lancaster (c. 156 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Valencia (c. 148 500 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Moorpark (c. 34 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Moorpark, Wasco, Lancaster (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km NE of Grapevine, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Bakersfield CA Grapevine Lancaster Moorpark Santa Clarita United States Valencia Wasco

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.17 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.8775024° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.0066681° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.54 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 km NE of Grapevine, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-12 16:15:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-12 16:22:08	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	1	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	155	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	98	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.09833	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.29 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	39	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	ci40952768	Id of event.
Event Code	40952768	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40952768,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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