A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Anza in CA on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: ci37390463. Unique identifier: ci37390463. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.54 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:40:54 / 6:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/06/16 / 2016-06-18 01:40:54 / June 18, 2016 @ 1:40 am. Exact location of event, depth 9.54 km, -116.4835° West, 33.463° North.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Canyon Lake, Vista, Joshua Tree (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Murrieta (c. 103 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Temecula (c. 100 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Vista (c. 93 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Marcos (c. 83 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km ESE of Anza, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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