A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Aguanga in California on Friday. Exact location, longitude -116.8013306° West, latitude 33.4906654° North, depth = 2.58 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38028880. Id of event: ci38028880. The temblor was reported at 11:32:07 / 11:32 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 2.58 km (2 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/10/17 / 2017-10-20 19:32:07 / October 20, 2017 @ 7:32 pm.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Las Flores, Yucca Valley, El Cerrito (min 5000 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 fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 7 km NE of Aguanga, California.
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