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Minor earthquake, 2.81 mag was detected near Borrego Springs in CA

Posted by admin on February 17, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 33.4108333S, -116.42WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Borrego Springs in CA on Saturday. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:16:05 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/02/18 / 2018-02-17 12:16:05 / February 17, 2018 @ 12:16 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: ci38110632. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38110632. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.06 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.42 West, latitude 33.4108333 North, depth = 14.06 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Murrieta (c. 103 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Temecula (c. 100 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Marcos (c. 83 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Hemet (c. 78 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eucalyptus Hills, Poway, Menifee (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.81 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.42° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.4108333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-17 12:16:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-17 12:23:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 98 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1124 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 19 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 ci38110632 Id of event.
Event Code 38110632 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38110632, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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