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Minor earthquake, 3.52 mag has occurred near Little Lake in CA


Earthquake location 36.0185013S, -117.7668304WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.52 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Little Lake in CA on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 10:45:43 / 10:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 1.09 km, -117.7668304° West, 36.0185013° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.09 km (1 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/09/17 / 2017-09-19 18:45:43 / September 19, 2017 @ 6:45 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: nc72895356, ci38006496. Unique identifier: ci38006496.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 16 km NE of Little Lake, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.52 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.7668304° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0185013° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km NE of Little Lake, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-09-19 18:45:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-09-19 18:51:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 4.96 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 191 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 ,nc,ci, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.006815 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 42 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 ci38006496 Id of event.
Event Code 38006496 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc72895356,ci38006496, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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