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Minor earthquake: M3.28 quake has struck near Olancha in CA

Posted by admin on December 12, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.2171669S, -117.6721649WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Olancha in CA on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.48 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ci39727992. Event ids that are associated: ci39727992. The 3.28-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:51:24 / 7:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.6721649 West, latitude 36.2171669 North, depth = 5.48 km. Global time and date of event 12/12/20 / 2020-12-12 07:51:24 / December 12, 2020 @ 7:51 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 31 km ESE of Olancha, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.28 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.6721649° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.2171669° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km ESE of Olancha, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-12 07:51:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-12 07:53:45 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 166 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02479 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172 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 ci39727992 Id of event.
Event Code 39727992 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39727992, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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