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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 12 km SE of Little Lake, CA


Earthquake location 35.8566667S, -117.8168333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Little Lake in CA. The temblor was detected at 20:08:16 / 8:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.96 km (2 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/11/17 / 2017-11-21 04:08:16 / November 21, 2017 @ 4:08 am. Event id: ci37815783. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37815783. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.8168333 West, latitude 35.8566667 North, depth = 2.96 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km SE of Little Lake, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.8168333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.8566667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km SE 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 2017-11-21 04:08:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-21 04:14:02 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 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 129 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06393 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 47 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 ci37815783 Id of event.
Event Code 37815783 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37815783, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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