Minor earthquake, 3.17 mag strikes near Chatsworth in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) was reported 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Chatsworth in CA on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.08 km (4 miles). Global time and date of event 03/05/20 / 2020-05-03 21:45:40 / May 3, 2020 @ 9:45 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.17-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:45:40 / 1:45 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci38478418. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38478418. Exact location of earthquake, -118.6064987° West, 34.2573318° North, depth 6.08 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from North Glendale (c. 203 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Placentia, Anaheim, La Verne (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 0 km WNW of Chatsworth, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.17 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.6064987° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.2573318° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.08 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	0km WNW of Chatsworth, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-05-03 21:45:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-05-03 21:49:21	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.04	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	155	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	93	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.04356	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.28 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	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci38478418	Id of event.
Event Code	38478418	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci38478418,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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