Minor earthquake: M3.06 quake has struck near Little Lake in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.01 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:06:31 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.7516632 West, latitude 35.8971672 North, depth = 5.01 km. Id of earthquake: ci40994520. Event ids that are associated: ci40994520. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/24 / 2024-12-05 05:06:31 / December 5, 2024 @ 5:06 am UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 31 km (20 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). 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).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km ESE of Little Lake, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Alta Sierra CA Little Lake Ridgecrest United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.06 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-117.7516632° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.8971672° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.01 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15 km ESE of Little Lake, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-05 05:06:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-05 05:08:51	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	144	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	50	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.07475	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.16 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	ci40994520	Id of event.
Event Code	40994520	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40994520,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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