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Minor earthquake: M3.56 quake has struck near Maricopa in CA


Earthquake location 35.1811676S, -119.2321701WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.56 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Maricopa in CA on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.2321701 West, latitude 35.1811676 North, depth = 13.38 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/09/25 / 2025-09-11 03:53:50 / September 11, 2025 @ 3:53 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.38 km (8 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ci41288688, us7000qvdc. Unique identifier: ci41288688. The temblor was picked up at 03:53:50 / 3:53 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mira Monte, Ojai, Earlimart (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Bakersfield (c. 347 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Delano (c. 53 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Oildale (c. 32 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Wasco (c. 25 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Arvin (c. 19 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Shafter (c. 17 000 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 eleven 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 quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km NE of Maricopa, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.56 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.2321701° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.1811676° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km NE of Maricopa, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-11 03:53:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-11 04:01:23 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 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.701 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 195 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 126 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1574 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mlr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci41288688 Id of event.
Event Code 41288688 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci41288688,us7000qvdc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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