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Minor earthquake 3.43 mag, 7 km NW of Fontana, CA


Earthquake location 34.1463318S, -117.4986649WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Fontana in CA. The temblor was reported at 22:17:04 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -117.4986649° West, 34.1463318° North, depth 2.45 km. Unique identifier: ci40794295. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40794295. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/11/24 / 2024-11-16 22:17:04 / November 16, 2024 @ 10:17 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.45 km (2 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Beverly Hills, Hawthorne, Ladera Heights (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km NW of Fontana, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.43 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.4986649° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.1463318° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km NW of Fontana, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-16 22:17:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-16 22:19:12 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 181 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 120 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04136 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 25 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 ci40794295 Id of event.
Event Code 40794295 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40794295, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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