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Minor earthquake, 3.65 mag strikes near Carson in California


Earthquake location 33.8474998S, -118.2460022WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.65 (mg/mb) has striked on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Carson in California. The temblor was reported at 07:01:16 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 12.27 km (8 miles). Global time of event 30/04/15 / 2015-04-30 14:01:16 / April 30, 2015 @ 2:01 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -118.2460022 West, latitude 33.8474998 North, depth 12.27 km, unique identifier, ci37372672.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Irvine (c. 212 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Piñon Hills, Camarillo, Palmdale.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.65 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.2460022° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.8474998° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km ENE of Carson, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-04-30 14:01:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-04-30 14:12:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 318 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.82 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 reviewed 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 339 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 100 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06926 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 ci37372672 Id of event.
Event Code 37372672 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37372672, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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