Minor earthquake: M3.04 quake has struck near Grapevine in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Grapevine in CA on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.09 km (7 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 00:32:01 / August 8, 2024 @ 12:32 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.0589981 West, latitude 35.097168 North, depth = 11.09 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:32:01 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci40868968. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40868968.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fillmore, Castaic, Mira Monte (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Arvin (c. 19 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-five and in the last 365 days fourty 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km NW of Grapevine, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.04 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.0589981° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.097168° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.09 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21 km NW of Grapevine, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-08 00:32:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-08 00:35:09	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	142	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	86	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.04353	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.29 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	27	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	ci40868968	Id of event.
Event Code	40868968	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40868968,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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