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Minor earthquake 3.04 mag, 17 km WSW of Johannesburg, CA

Posted by admin on July 17, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 35.3221664S, -117.8130035WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Johannesburg in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -117.8130035° West, 35.3221664° North, depth 6.21 km. Global time and date of event 17/07/25 / 2025-07-17 22:55:00 / July 17, 2025 @ 10:55 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ci41025207. Event ids that are associated: ci41025207. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.21 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.04-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:55:00 / 10:55 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bear Valley Springs, Lancaster, Golden Hills (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Lancaster (c. 156 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Rosamond (c. 18 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tehachapi (c. 14 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from California City (c. 14 100 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 17 km WSW of Johannesburg, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.04 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.8130035° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.3221664° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km WSW of Johannesburg, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-17 22:55:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-17 22:57:11 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 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 104 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06086 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 23 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 ci41025207 Id of event.
Event Code 41025207 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci41025207, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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