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Minor earthquake, 3.49 mag strikes near Borrego Springs in California


Earthquake location 33.4426651S, -116.4666672WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Borrego Springs in California. Unique identifier: ci37374719. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37374719. The 3.49-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:06:22 / 1:06 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.85 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10.85 km, -116.4666672° West, 33.4426651° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 08:06:22 / June 10, 2016 @ 8:06 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Murrieta (c. 103 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Temecula (c. 100 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Vista (c. 93 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Marcos (c. 83 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lake Elsinore, Bostonia, Calimesa.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km NNW of Borrego Springs, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.49 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.4666672° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.4426651° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km NNW of Borrego 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 2016-06-10 08:06:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-10 08:13:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 14 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 192 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0875 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 ci37374719 Id of event.
Event Code 37374719 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37374719, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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