Minor earthquake, 3.15 mag strikes near Big Bear City in California

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Big Bear City in California. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.26 km (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 04:15:25 / 4:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 0.26 km, -116.848999° West, 34.3171654° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/12/17 / 2017-12-30 12:15:25 / December 30, 2017 @ 12:15 pm. Event id: ci37841791. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37841791.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palm Desert, Ontario, Home Gardens (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Fontana (c. 196 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Rancho Cucamonga (c. 165 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km N of Big Bear City, California.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.15 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.848999° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.3171654° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.26 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km N of Big Bear City, California	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-12-30 12:15:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-12-30 12:35:26	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	48	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.2	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	168	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	128	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03557	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.15 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	18	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	ci37841791	Id of event.
Event Code	37841791	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37841791,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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