Minor earthquake: M2.89 quake has struck near Lucerne Valley in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Lucerne Valley in CA on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -116.8985° West, 34.4366667° North, depth 2.15 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.15 km (1 miles). Unique identifier: ci38052575. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38052575. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/09/18 / 2018-09-08 05:39:35 / September 8, 2018 @ 5:39 am. The temblor was reported at 21:39:35 / 9:39 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Fontana (c. 196 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rancho Cucamonga (c. 165 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hemet, Valle Vista, Mead Valley (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. 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 E of Lucerne Valley, CA.

CA Fontana Hemet Lucerne Valley Mead Valley Moreno Valley Rancho Cucamonga Riverside San Bernardino United States Valle Vista

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.89 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.8985° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.4366667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.15 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km E of Lucerne Valley, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-09-08 05:39:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-09-08 05:47:08	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	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	73	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	0.14 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	29	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	ci38052575	Id of event.
Event Code	38052575	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci38052575,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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