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Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag has occurred near Aguanga in California


Earthquake location 33.4918327S, -116.8016663WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Aguanga in California. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4 km (2 miles). The 2.96-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:08:31 / 11:08 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/02/18 / 2018-02-10 19:08:31 / February 10, 2018 @ 7:08 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -116.8016663° West, latitude 33.4918327° North, depth = 4 km. Unique identifier: ci38105800. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38105800.

Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ladera Ranch, Las Flores, Bostonia (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km NE of Aguanga, California.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.8016663° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.4918327° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km NE of Aguanga, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-10 19:08:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-10 19:20:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 121 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.09096 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 20 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 ci38105800 Id of event.
Event Code 38105800 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38105800, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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