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Minor earthquake, 3.36 mag was detected near Little Lake in CA


Earthquake location 35.9029999S, -117.696167WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Little Lake in CA. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/07/19 / 2019-07-17 19:54:03 / July 17, 2019 @ 7:54 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.3 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 11:54:03 / 11:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 2.3 km, -117.696167° West, 35.9029999° North. Event id: ci38590983. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38590983.

Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days seven hundred and sixty and in the last 365 days seven hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 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: 19 km E of Little Lake, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.36 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.696167° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.9029999° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km E of Little Lake, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-17 19:54:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-17 19:56:10 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 174 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 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05821 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.18 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 ci38590983 Id of event.
Event Code 38590983 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38590983, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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