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Minor earthquake, 2.84 mag has occurred near Seal Beach in CA


Earthquake location 33.6910019S, -118.1513367WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Seal Beach in CA. Global time and date of event 26/04/25 / 2025-04-26 08:44:26 / April 26, 2025 @ 8:44 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.62 km (8 miles). The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:44:26 / 8:44 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci41134928. Ids that are associated to the event: ci41134928. Exact location of event, depth 12.62 km, -118.1513367° West, 33.6910019° North.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (26 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rubidoux, Woodcrest, Lake Elsinore. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 7 km SW of Seal Beach, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.84 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -118.1513367° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.6910019° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km SW of Seal Beach, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-26 08:44:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-26 08:46:36 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 124 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 113 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1056 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 72 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 ci41134928 Id of event.
Event Code 41134928 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci41134928, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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