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Minor earthquake, 2.81 mag has occurred near Dana Point in CA

Posted by admin on December 29, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 33.3370018S, -117.9369965WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Dana Point in CA on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 04:05:46 / 4:05 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci40829671. Event ids that are associated: ci40829671. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.51 km (5 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 04:05:46 / December 29, 2024 @ 4:05 am. Exact location of event, longitude -117.9369965 West, latitude 33.3370018 North, depth = 8.51 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lennox, Commerce, Huntington Park (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Irvine (c. 212 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Huntington Beach (c. 190 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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: 26 km WSW of Dana Point, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.81 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.9369965° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.3370018° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km WSW of Dana Point, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-29 04:05:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-29 04:07:52 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 121 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 116 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2642 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 ci40829671 Id of event.
Event Code 40829671 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40829671, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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