A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Julian in California on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/12/17 / 2017-12-07 00:38:03 / December 7, 2017 @ 12:38 am. Exact location of event, longitude -116.4861679 West, latitude 33.1503334 North, depth = 11.62 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.62 km (7 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:38:03 / 4:38 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci37824111. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37824111.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Terrazas del Valle, Hemet, Chula Vista (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from San Diego (c. 1 307 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Chula Vista (c. 243 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Temecula (c. 100 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from El Cajon (c. 99 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km NE of Julian, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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