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Minor earthquake, 2.82 mag has occurred near Lake Henshaw in CA


Earthquake location 33.2360001S, -116.7738342WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Lake Henshaw in CA on Saturday. Unique identifier: ci38172008. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38172008. Exact location of event, longitude -116.7738342 West, latitude 33.2360001 North, depth = 9.15 km. Global time and date of event 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 06:36:55 / May 13, 2018 @ 6:36 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.15 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:36:55 / 10:36 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from San Diego (c. 1 307 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Chula Vista (c. 243 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Garnet, Tecate, Indio.

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

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 1 km WSW of Lake Henshaw, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.82 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.7738342° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.2360001° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1km WSW of Lake Henshaw, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-13 06:36:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-13 06:39:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 111 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1123 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 31 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 ci38172008 Id of event.
Event Code 38172008 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38172008, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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