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Minor earthquake, 3.46 mag strikes near Ludlow in CA


Earthquake location 34.7075005S, -116.2854996WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.46 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Ludlow in CA on Thursday. Unique identifier: ci37523410. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37523410. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/02/19 / 2019-02-07 16:14:55 / February 7, 2019 @ 4:14 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -116.2854996° West, 34.7075005° North, depth 2.14 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:14:55 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.14 km (1 miles).

The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Twentynine Palms (c. 25 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Yucca Valley (c. 20 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Big Bear City (c. 12 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Big Bear Lake, Barstow Heights, Fort Irwin (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km W of Ludlow, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.46 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.2854996° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.7075005° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km W 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 2019-02-07 16:14:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-02-07 16:19:54 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 reviewed 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 184 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 75 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1132 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 21 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci37523410 Id of event.
Event Code 37523410 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37523410, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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