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Minor earthquake, 2.82 mag has occurred near Carlsbad in CA

Posted by admin on May 27, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.954834S, -117.7796631WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Carlsbad in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.12 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:31:40 / 3:31 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci37655423. Event ids that are associated: ci37655423. Exact location of event, depth 18.12 km, -117.7796631° West, 32.954834° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/17 / 2017-05-27 11:31:40 / May 27, 2017 @ 11:31 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from San Diego (c. 1 307 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Chula Vista (c. 243 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Spring Valley, Santee, Valley Center.

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 46 km WSW of Carlsbad, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.82 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.7796631° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.954834° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km WSW of Carlsbad, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-27 11:31:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-27 11:33:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 122 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 77 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4153 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 195 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 ci37655423 Id of event.
Event Code 37655423 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37655423, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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