Earthquake: M 2.61 quake strikes near Ocotillo Wells in California

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.61 (mg/mb) was reported Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Ocotillo Wells in California. The temblor was reported at 09:45:00 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 9.66 km (6 miles). Global time of event 2015-02-09 05:45:00 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -116.3164978 West, latitude 33.0089989 North, depth 9.66 km.

Close countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from El Cajon (c. 99 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Tecate (c. 58 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from La Mesa (c. 57 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Santee (c. 53 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Terrazas del Valle, Maclovio Rojas, El Centro.

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California El Cajon El Centro Escondido La Mesa Maclovio Rojas Mexico Ocotillo Wells Santee Tecate Terrazas del Valle United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.61 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.3164978° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.0089989° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.66 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23km SW of Ocotillo Wells, California	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-02-09 05:45:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-02-09 05:48:03	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	105	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	85	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1075	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	50	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	ci37314416	Id of event.
Event Code	37314416	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	ci37314416	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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