A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Valle Vista in CA. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:20:51 / 6:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -116.8373333 West, latitude 33.7125 North, depth = 14.56 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.56 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37711472. Id of event: ci37711472. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/16 / 2016-10-06 13:20:51 / October 6, 2016 @ 1:20 pm.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oceanside, Foothill Ranch, Ladera Ranch (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Fontana (c. 196 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km SE of Valle Vista, CA.
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