Minor earthquake, 2.95 mag strikes near Palomar Observatory in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Palomar Observatory in CA on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 7 km (4 miles). Unique identifier: ci37642015. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37642015. The temblor was reported at 16:36:12 / 4:36 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/05/17 / 2017-05-09 00:36:12 / May 9, 2017 @ 12:36 am. Exact location, longitude -116.8444977° West, latitude 33.3601685° North, depth = 7 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from San Diego (c. 1 307 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Juan Capistrano, San Diego, Yucaipa (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 2 km ENE of Palomar Observatory, CA.

CA Carlsbad Escondido Moreno Valley Oceanside Palomar Observatory San Diego San Juan Capistrano United States Yucaipa

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.95 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.8444977° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.3601685° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2km ENE of Palomar Observatory, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-05-09 00:36:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-05-09 00:47:37	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	7	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	136	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	98	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.01654	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.23 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	32	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	ci37642015	Id of event.
Event Code	37642015	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37642015,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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