Minor earthquake: M3.4 quake has struck near Cabazon in California

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Cabazon in California. Exact location of earthquake, -116.6698303° West, 33.958168° North, depth 16.31 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.31 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ci37979928. Unique identifier: ci37979928. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/08/17 / 2017-08-22 08:12:34 / August 22, 2017 @ 8:12 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 00:12:34 / 12:12 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Fontana (c. 196 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Corona (c. 152 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Corona, Norco, Oak Hills (min 5000 pop).

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

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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: 11 km ENE of Cabazon, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.6698303° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.958168° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16.31 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11km ENE of Cabazon, California	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-08-22 08:12:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-08-22 08:27:19	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	57	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	196	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	106	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.07953	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	20	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	ci37979928	Id of event.
Event Code	37979928	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37979928,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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