Minor earthquake, 3.22 mag has occurred near Malibu Beach in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.22 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Malibu Beach in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.84 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -118.6981659° West, latitude 33.9925003° North, depth = 12.84 km. The temblor was detected at 16:33:30 / 4:33 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci41146800. Event ids that are associated: ci41146800. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/05/25 / 2025-05-07 16:33:30 / May 7, 2025 @ 4:33 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charter Oak, Glendora, Vincent. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Los Angeles (c. 3 792 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Long Beach (c. 462 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Anaheim (c. 336 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from North Glendale (c. 203 200 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Oxnard (c. 197 900 pop).

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 fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SSW of Malibu Beach, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Anaheim CA Charter Oak Glendora Long Beach Los Angeles Malibu Beach North Glendale Oxnard United States Vincent

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.22 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-118.6981659° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.9925003° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	12.84 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km SSW of Malibu 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	2025-05-07 16:33:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-07 16:37:05	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	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	160	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	109	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.08316	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	66	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	ci41146800	Id of event.
Event Code	41146800	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci41146800,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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