A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Big Bear Lake in California. Id of earthquake: ci37475560. Event ids that are associated: ci37475560. The temblor was detected at 06:55:29 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.9 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/10/15 / 2015-10-14 13:55:29 / October 14, 2015 @ 1:55 pm. Exact location, longitude -116.9068298° West, latitude 34.1990013° North, depth = 5.9 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Fontana (c. 196 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Rancho Cucamonga (c. 165 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Ontario (c. 163 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Dimas, Indio, Chino Hills.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km S of Big Bear Lake, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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Kim Thompson
I felt the quake this morning. The house shook twice like something big and heavy had run into it. Nothing fell and it was over quickly. Took me a few minutes to understand it had been a quake. Thanks for this site to hear details about it!