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Minor earthquake 3.5 mag, 21 km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA


Earthquake location 33.4303322S, -116.4551697WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Borrego Springs in CA on Friday. Exact location, longitude -116.4551697° West, latitude 33.4303322° North, depth = 10.37 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.37 km (6 miles). The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:33:57 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 08:33:57 / June 10, 2016 @ 8:33 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ci37375143. Event ids that are associated: ci37375143.

Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Murrieta (c. 103 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Temecula (c. 100 100 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Vista (c. 93 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from San Marcos (c. 83 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Hemet (c. 78 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bostonia, Santee, Perris. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 21 km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.4551697° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.4303322° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA 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 08:33:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-10 08:45:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 11 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.9 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 reviewed 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 193 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 95 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1187 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 22 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 ci37375143 Id of event.
Event Code 37375143 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37375143, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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