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Minor earthquake 3.06 mag, 34 km E of Barstow, CA


Earthquake location 34.9426651S, -116.6595001WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Barstow in CA on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 00:14:15 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/06/18 / 2018-06-30 08:14:15 / June 30, 2018 @ 8:14 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.65 km (4 miles). Event id: ci37272234. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37272234. Exact location of earthquake, -116.6595001° West, 34.9426651° North, depth 6.65 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Victorville (c. 115 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Apple Valley (c. 69 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Big Bear City (c. 12 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Big Bear City, Victorville, Apple Valley.

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-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km E of Barstow, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.06 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.6595001° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.9426651° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km E of Barstow, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-30 08:14:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-30 08:26:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 145 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 99 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 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 ci37272234 Id of event.
Event Code 37272234 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37272234, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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