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Minor earthquake, 3.5438602455872 mag strikes near Trona in CA


Earthquake location 35.867168426514S, -116.86666870117WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5438602455872 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Trona in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.670000076294 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:13:41 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.86666870117 West, latitude 35.867168426514 North, depth = 2.670000076294 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/12/25 / 2025-12-18 15:13:41 / December 18, 2025 @ 3:13 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: ci41142103. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci41142103.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ridgecrest, Fort Irwin (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (48 miles) from Ridgecrest (c. 27 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Fort Irwin (c. 8 800 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 48 km ENE of Trona, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5438602455872 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.86666870117° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.867168426514° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.670000076294 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48 km ENE of Trona, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-18 15:13:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-18 15:16:00 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 193 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 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.09764 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.209999993 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 ci41142103 Id of event.
Event Code 41142103 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci41142103, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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