Minor earthquake: M3.49 quake has struck near Little Lake in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.2 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci40827375. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40827375, us7000p0s3. Exact location, longitude -118.0124969° West, latitude 35.7729988° North, depth = 2.2 km. The temblor was reported at 19:03:49 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/12/24 / 2024-12-22 19:03:49 / December 22, 2024 @ 7:03 pm.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Tehachapi (c. 14 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Golden Hills (c. 8 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Golden Hills, Tehachapi, California City (min 5000 pop).

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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km SSW of Little Lake, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Alta Sierra CA California City Golden Hills Little Lake Ridgecrest Tehachapi United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.49 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.0124969° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.7729988° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20 km SSW 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	2024-12-22 19:03:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-22 19:08:56	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	3.752	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	187	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,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	68	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1106	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.17 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	mlr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci40827375	Id of event.
Event Code	40827375	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40827375,us7000p0s3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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