A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Dana Point in CA. The temblor was reported at 19:31:15 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.9366684 West, latitude 33.2851677 North, depth = 4.29 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/12/24 / 2024-12-24 19:31:15 / December 24, 2024 @ 7:31 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ci40828063. Event ids that are associated: ci40828063. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.29 km (3 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Irvine (c. 212 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Huntington Beach (c. 190 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lawndale, Hermosa Beach, Rowland Heights (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 30 km SW of Dana Point, CA.
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