A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Valle Vista in California on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 23:19:33 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -116.8339996° West, latitude 33.7058334° North, depth = 15.55 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/05/16 / 2016-05-06 06:19:33 / May 6, 2016 @ 6:19 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37560392. Id of event: ci37560392. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.55 km (10 miles).
Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Fontana (c. 196 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Juan Capistrano, Lake Forest, San Clemente (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Luciana Tsuda
it’s getting worrying
Karen Wade
As a low level consistent rolling, like a river overflowing underground.