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Earthquake: M 3.33 quake strikes near Oasis in California


Earthquake location 33.4561653S, -116.1488342WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.33 (mg/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Oasis in California. The temblor was reported at 06:05:55 / 6:05 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 20.46 km (13 miles). Global time of event 2015-02-07 02:05:55 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -116.1488342 West, latitude 33.4561653 North, depth 20.46 km.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Palm Springs (c. 44 600 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ramona, East Hemet, Brawley.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.33 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.1488342° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.4561653° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km WSW of Oasis, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-07 14:05:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-07 20:33:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 20 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 177 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2237 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 234 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 ci37313840 Id of event.
Event Code 37313840 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ci37313840 A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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