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Minor earthquake, 3.02 mag strikes near Coso Junction in CA


Earthquake location 36.166S, -117.93WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Coso Junction in CA. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:43:52 / 2:43 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/06/20 / 2020-06-04 02:43:52 / June 4, 2020 @ 2:43 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ci39463032. Ids that are associated to the event: ci39463032. Exact location of earthquake, -117.93° West, 36.166° North, depth 10.91 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.91 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Alta Sierra (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alta Sierra, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one thousand and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 14 km N of Coso Junction, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.02 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.93° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.166° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km N of Coso Junction, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-04 02:43:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-04 02:47:41 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 140 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.07768 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 154 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 ci39463032 Id of event.
Event Code 39463032 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39463032, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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