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Minor earthquake 2.63 mag, 8 km NE of Desert Hot Springs, California


Earthquake location 34.0171667S, -116.4431667WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.63 (mg/mb) was reported Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Desert Hot Springs in California. The temblor was reported at 08:25:15 / 8:25 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 1.1 km (1 miles). Global time of event 2015-02-14 04:25:15 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -116.4431667 West, latitude 34.0171667 North, depth 1.1 km.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Hemet (c. 78 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Menifee (c. 77 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Redlands (c. 68 700 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Loma Linda, Lake Arrowhead, Moreno Valley.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.63 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.4431667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.0171667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km NE of Desert Hot Springs, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-14 04:25:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-14 04:30:15 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 106 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 78 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.06826 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 23 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 ci37316320 Id of event.
Event Code 37316320 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ci37316320 A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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