Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag was detected near Santa Barbara in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Santa Barbara in CA. The epicenter was at a depth of -0.29 km (-0 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:32:31 / 12:32 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/05/17 / 2017-05-06 20:32:31 / May 6, 2017 @ 8:32 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ci37641375. Unique identifier: ci37641375. Exact location of event, longitude -119.7431641 West, latitude 34.3125 North, depth = -0.29 km.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vandenberg Village, Moorpark, Fillmore (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Oxnard Shores (c. 187 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ventura (c. 96 800 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Santa Barbara (c. 88 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Camarillo (c. 65 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km SSW of Santa Barbara, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Camarillo Fillmore Moorpark Oxnard Oxnard Shores Santa Barbara United States Vandenberg Village Ventura

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.7431641° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.3125° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-0.29 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km SSW of Santa Barbara, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-05-06 20:32:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-05-06 20:40:22	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	55	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	2.66	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	178	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	43	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1297	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	122	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	ci37641375	Id of event.
Event Code	37641375	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37641375,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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