Minor earthquake, 3.07 mag was detected near Pine Valley in California

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Pine Valley in California on Wednesday. Unique identifier: ci37313519. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37313519. Exact location of event, depth 4.02 km, -116.2473297° West, 32.8824997° North. Global time and date of event 02/03/16 / 2016-03-02 15:49:38 / March 2, 2016 @ 3:49 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.02 km (2 miles). The temblor was detected at 07:49:38 / 7:49 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from El Cajon (c. 99 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Tecate (c. 58 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from La Mesa (c. 57 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Santee (c. 53 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Poway (c. 47 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mecca, Bonita, Lemon Grove (min 5000 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km ENE of Pine Valley, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.07 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.2473297° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.8824997° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.02 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	27km ENE of Pine Valley, California	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-03-02 15:49:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-03-02 16:01:16	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	145	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	83	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1475	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.23 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	59	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	ci37313519	Id of event.
Event Code	37313519	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37313519,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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