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Light earthquake 4.62 mag, 11 km N of Cabazon, CA


Earthquake location 34.0171661S, -116.7815018WA light earthquake magnitude 4.62 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Cabazon in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/05/18 / 2018-05-08 11:49:33 / May 8, 2018 @ 11:49 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.82 km (9 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:49:33 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -116.7815018° West, latitude 34.0171661° North, depth = 13.82 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38167848. Id of event: ci38167848.

The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Fontana (c. 196 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Rancho Cucamonga (c. 165 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ontario (c. 163 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Corona (c. 152 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Barstow Heights, Villa Park, North Tustin.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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: 11 km N of Cabazon, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.62 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.7815018° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.0171661° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km N of Cabazon, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-08 11:49:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-08 11:52:32 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 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 329 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 82 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02825 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mlr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci38167848 Id of event.
Event Code 38167848 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38167848, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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