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Minor earthquake: M2.81 quake has struck near Isla Vista in CA

Posted by admin on March 1, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 34.4356667S, -120.0565WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Isla Vista in CA on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, -120.0565° West, 34.4356667° North, depth 4.04 km. Unique identifier: ci41069504. Ids that are associated to the event: ci41069504. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/03/25 / 2025-03-01 19:12:54 / March 1, 2025 @ 7:12 pm. The temblor was reported at 19:12:54 / 7:12 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.04 km (3 miles).

Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Santa Maria (c. 99 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ventura (c. 96 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Santa Barbara (c. 88 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Lompoc (c. 42 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Goleta (c. 29 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guadalupe, Ojai, Ventura (min 5000 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 fifteen 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. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km W of Isla Vista, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.81 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -120.0565° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.4356667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km W of Isla Vista, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-01 19:12:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-01 19:17:00 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 51 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1123 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 ci41069504 Id of event.
Event Code 41069504 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci41069504, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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