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Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag was detected near Big Bear Lake in CA

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Big Bear Lake in CA. The temblor was reported at 20:12:49 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/02/21 / 2021-02-28 20:12:49 / February 28, 2021 @ 8:12 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ci39805008. Ids that are associated to the event: ci39805008, us7000deeb. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.38 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -116.9248352° West, 34.3258324° North, depth 3.38 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Fontana (c. 196 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Rancho Cucamonga (c. 165 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chino, Canyon Lake, Corona (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 9 km N of Big Bear Lake, CA.

Big Bear Lake CA Canyon Lake Chino Corona Fontana Moreno Valley Rancho Cucamonga Riverside San Bernardino United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.96 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.9248352° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.3258324° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.38 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9km N of Big Bear Lake, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-02-28 20:12:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-28 20:57:55	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	10	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.25	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	139	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,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	112	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.06347	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	39	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	ci39805008	Id of event.
Event Code	39805008	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci39805008,us7000deeb,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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