Minor earthquake, 2.82 mag has occurred near Armona in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Armona in CA on Thursday. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:43:52 / 10:43 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 18.930000305176 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: nc75108326. Unique identifier: nc75108326. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/12/24 / 2024-12-26 22:43:52 / December 26, 2024 @ 10:43 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 18.930000305176 km, -119.67883300781° West, 36.29033279419° North.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Delano, East Porterville, Porterville (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Fresno (c. 494 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Visalia (c. 124 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Clovis (c. 95 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Tulare (c. 59 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Porterville (c. 54 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km SE of Armona, CA.

Armona CA Clovis Delano East Porterville Fresno Porterville Tulare United States Visalia

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.82 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.67883300781° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.29033279419° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	18.930000305176 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km SE of Armona, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-26 22:43:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-26 22:45:28	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	122	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	nc	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,nc,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	26	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1214	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	53	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nc75108326	Id of event.
Event Code	75108326	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75108326,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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