Minor earthquake, 2.94 mag was detected near Malibu in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Malibu in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.15 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -118.7615° West, 33.7851667° North, depth -0.15 km. The temblor was reported at 10:35:25 / 10:35 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci40912967. Unique identifier: ci40912967. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/03/25 / 2025-03-30 10:35:25 / March 30, 2025 @ 10:35 am.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Anaheim, Mayflower Village, Fullerton. Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from North Glendale (c. 203 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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: 25 km S of Malibu, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Anaheim CA Fullerton Long Beach Los Angeles Malibu Mayflower Village North Glendale Oxnard United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.94 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.7615° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.7851667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-0.15 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 km S of Malibu, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-30 10:35:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-30 10:40:26	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	133	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	115	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2219	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.44 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	154	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	ci40912967	Id of event.
Event Code	40912967	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40912967,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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