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Minor earthquake, 3.16 mag was detected near Stovepipe Wells in CA


Earthquake location 37.1186667S, -117.4926667WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 65 km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA (40 miles). The 3.16-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:14:59 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.54 km (-1 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.4926667 West, latitude 37.1186667 North, depth = -1.54 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: nn00802216, us7000dh9m, ci39575335. Id of event: ci39575335. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/03/21 / 2021-03-09 00:14:59 / March 9, 2021 @ 12:14 am.

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 65 km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.16 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.4926667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.1186667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth -1.54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 65km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-03-09 00:14:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-09 00:40:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.43 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 reviewed 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 154 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 ,nn,us,ci, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1673 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 157 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 ci39575335 Id of event.
Event Code 39575335 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00802216,us7000dh9m,ci39575335, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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