Minor earthquake, 2.81 mag has occurred near Borrego Springs in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Borrego Springs in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.21 km (1 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:19:03 / 2:19 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci37895967. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37895967. Exact location of event, longitude -116.2591667 West, latitude 33.2743333 North, depth = 1.21 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/03/18 / 2018-03-17 22:19:03 / March 17, 2018 @ 10:19 pm UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Brawley, Garnet, Valley Center. The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Palm Springs (c. 44 600 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km E of Borrego Springs, CA.

Borrego Springs Brawley CA Cathedral City Coachella Garnet Indio Palm Desert Palm Springs United States Valley Center

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.81 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.2591667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.2743333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.21 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11km E 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	2018-03-17 22:19:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-03-17 22:30:26	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	2.7	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	79	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.08154	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.23 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	24	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	ci37895967	Id of event.
Event Code	37895967	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37895967,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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