Minor earthquake, 3.33 mag was detected near Oildale in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Oildale in CA on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -119.0136642° West, 35.4411659° North, depth 16.38 km. The temblor was detected at 04:56:21 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/01/20 / 2020-01-29 12:56:21 / January 29, 2020 @ 12:56 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.38 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci39285816. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39285816.

Epicenter of the event was 8 km (5 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Porterville (c. 54 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 2 km (2 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Porterville, East Porterville, Tehachapi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km NNE of Oildale, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Bakersfield CA Delano East Porterville Oildale Porterville Tehachapi United States Wasco

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.33 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.0136642° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.4411659° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16.38 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2km NNE of Oildale, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-01-29 12:56:21	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-29 12:58:30	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	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	171	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	83	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1086	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.27 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	37	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	ci39285816	Id of event.
Event Code	39285816	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci39285816,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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