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Minor earthquake 3.01 mag, 9 km WSW of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA


Earthquake location 32.7859993S, -118.4343338WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 9 km WSW of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA (6 miles). The 3.01-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:22:25 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.56 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37947119. Id of event: ci37947119. Exact location, longitude -118.4343338° West, latitude 32.7859993° North, depth = 5.56 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 02:22:25 / May 23, 2018 @ 2:22 am.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km WSW of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.01 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.4343338° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.7859993° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.56 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km WSW of San Clemente Is. (SE tip), CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-23 02:22:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-23 02:24:40 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 139 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1363 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 237 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 ci37947119 Id of event.
Event Code 37947119 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37947119, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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