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Minor earthquake, 2.82 mag strikes near Searles Valley in CA

Posted by admin on August 16, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 35.6241667S, -117.4221667WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Searles Valley in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.4 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -117.4221667 West, latitude 35.6241667 North, depth = 8.4 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/08/20 / 2020-08-16 08:33:54 / August 16, 2020 @ 8:33 am. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:33:54 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci39346495. Unique identifier: ci39346495.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was California City, Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (14 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 16 km S of Searles Valley, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.82 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.4221667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.6241667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km S of Searles Valley, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-16 08:33:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-16 08:38:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 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 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 123 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04977 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 ci39346495 Id of event.
Event Code 39346495 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39346495, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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