Light earthquake, 4.47 mag strikes near Barstow in CA

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.47 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Barstow in CA. The 4.47-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:03:35 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.77 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -116.9698334 West, latitude 35.0981674 North, depth = 3.77 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Barstow in CA (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 25/01/20 / 2020-01-25 03:03:35 / January 25, 2020 @ 3:03 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ci39281440, at00q4n75y. Unique identifier: ci39281440.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Piñon Hills, Lake Los Angeles, Big Bear Lake (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Victorville (c. 115 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Hesperia (c. 90 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Apple Valley (c. 69 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Adelanto (c. 31 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Barstow Heights (c. 24 200 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eight hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 23 km NNE of Barstow, CA.

Adelanto Apple Valley Barstow Barstow Heights Big Bear Lake CA Hesperia Lake Los Angeles Pinon Hills Ridgecrest United States Victorville

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.47 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.9698334° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.0981674° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.77 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23km NNE of Barstow, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-01-25 03:03:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-25 03:07:58	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	1	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	308	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,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	97	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2234	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	51	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	ci39281440	Id of event.
Event Code	39281440	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci39281440,at00q4n75y,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.47 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-116.9698334° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

35.0981674° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

3.77 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

23km NNE of Barstow, CA

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-01-25 03:03:35

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-01-25 03:07:58

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

2.7

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

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

308

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,ci,at,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.2234

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

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

ci39281440

Id of event.

Event Code

39281440

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,ci39281440,at00q4n75y,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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