Minor earthquake, 2.94 mag has occurred near Warner Springs in California

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Warner Springs in California. The temblor was picked up at 10:16:19 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -116.5530014 West, latitude 33.2314987 North, depth = 11.62 km. Unique identifier: ci37338663. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37338663. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/05/16 / 2016-05-02 17:16:19 / May 2, 2016 @ 5:16 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.62 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Murrieta (c. 103 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Temecula (c. 100 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wildomar, Menifee, Bonita (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km SE of Warner Springs, California.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.94 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.5530014° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.2314987° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.62 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9km SE of Warner 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	2016-05-02 17:16:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-05-02 17:19:43	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	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	133	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	0.08536	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.2 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	ci37338663	Id of event.
Event Code	37338663	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37338663,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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