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Minor earthquake: M3.98 quake has struck near Trona in CA


Earthquake location 35.6031685S, -117.4058304WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.98 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Trona in CA. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/11/19 / 2019-11-13 19:26:53 / November 13, 2019 @ 7:26 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.97 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, depth 6.97 km, -117.4058304° West, 35.6031685° North. The temblor was detected at 11:26:53 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci38242914. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38242914.

Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Barstow (c. 22 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barstow Heights, Barstow, Fort Irwin.

Every 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 one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days nine hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

Questions or comments?

How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 18 km S of Trona, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.4058304° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6031685° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km S of Trona, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-13 19:26:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-13 19:29:27 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 244 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 0.04886 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 26 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mlr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci38242914 Id of event.
Event Code 38242914 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38242914, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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