A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Borrego Springs in California on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 13:14:36 / 1:14 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/11/15 / 2015-11-25 21:14:36 / November 25, 2015 @ 9:14 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.67 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.2795029 West, latitude 33.2664986 North, depth = 2.67 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37277783. Id of event: ci37277783.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poway, Valle Vista, Winter Gardens (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Poway (c. 47 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km E of Borrego Springs, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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