Minor earthquake: M3.44 quake has struck near Tehachapi in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Tehachapi in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.05 km (3 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/02/19 / 2019-02-17 11:36:47 / February 17, 2019 @ 11:36 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37533186. Id of event: ci37533186. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -118.5321655 West, latitude 35.2854996 North, depth = 5.05 km. The temblor was reported at 03:36:47 / 3:36 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wasco, Quartz Hill, McFarland (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Lancaster (c. 156 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Arvin (c. 19 300 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km NNW of Tehachapi, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.44 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.5321655° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.2854996° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.05 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19km NNW of Tehachapi, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-02-17 11:36:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-02-17 11:38:54	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	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	182	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	87	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.0913	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	38	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	ci37533186	Id of event.
Event Code	37533186	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37533186,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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