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Minor earthquake, 3.06 mag was detected near Ridgecrest in CA


Earthquake location 35.6243324S, -117.5963364WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Ridgecrest in CA. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/07/19 / 2019-07-12 13:13:34 / July 12, 2019 @ 1:13 pm. Exact location of event, depth 8.18 km, -117.5963364° West, 35.6243324° North. The temblor was reported at 13:13:34 / 1:13 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci38548319. Unique identifier: ci38548319. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.18 km (5 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 7 km (4 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days six hundred and eighty-eight, in the past 30 days six hundred and eighty-nine and in the last 365 days seven hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 7 km E of Ridgecrest, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.06 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.5963364° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6243324° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km E of Ridgecrest, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-12 13:13:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-12 13:15:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 144 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0223 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 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 ci38548319 Id of event.
Event Code 38548319 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38548319, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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