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Earthquake: M 2.77 quake strikes near Ocotillo in California


Earthquake location 32.0898323S, -116.2411652WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.77 (mg/mb) was reported Saturday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Ocotillo in California. The temblor was reported at 11:58:34 / 11:58 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 4.47 km (3 miles). Global time of event 2015-02-08 07:58:34 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -116.2411652 West, latitude 32.0898323 North, depth 4.47 km.

Close countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Tecate (c. 58 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Terrazas del Valle (c. 20 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Las Delicias (c. 15 500 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Luis, Las Delicias, Terrazas del Valle.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.77 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.2411652° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.0898323° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.47 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75km SSW of Ocotillo, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-08 07:58:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-08 08:01:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 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 118 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.263 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 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 ci37314088 Id of event.
Event Code 37314088 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ci37314088 A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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