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Minor earthquake, 2.82 mag was detected near Ludlow in CA


Earthquake location 34.8513333S, -116.4WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Ludlow in CA on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/04/18 / 2018-04-25 06:19:24 / April 25, 2018 @ 6:19 am UTC/GMT. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:19:24 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.69 km (1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37923007. Id of event: ci37923007. Exact location of earthquake, -116.4° West, 34.8513333° North, depth 1.69 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Lucerne Valley (c. 5 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lucerne Valley, Barstow Heights, Barstow (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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 two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 26 km WNW of Ludlow, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.82 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.4° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.8513333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26km WNW of Ludlow, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-25 06:19:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-25 06:23:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 123 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05777 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 69 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 ci37923007 Id of event.
Event Code 37923007 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37923007, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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