Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag strikes near Aguanga in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Aguanga in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.88 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ci38149896. Event ids that are associated: ci38149896. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/04/18 / 2018-04-16 23:31:57 / April 16, 2018 @ 11:31 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:31:57 / 3:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -116.7736664° West, 33.480835° North, depth 6.88 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rancho Santa Margarita, El Cajon, San Clemente. The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km ENE of Aguanga, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Aguanga CA Carlsbad El Cajon Escondido Moreno Valley Oceanside Rancho Santa Margarita Riverside San Clemente United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.97 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.7736664° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.480835° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.88 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10km ENE of Aguanga, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-04-16 23:31:57	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-04-16 23:51:06	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	reviewed	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	90	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.08965	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	17	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	ci38149896	Id of event.
Event Code	38149896	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci38149896,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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