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Minor earthquake: M2.82 quake has struck near Valle Vista in CA


Earthquake location 33.7116667S, -116.844WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Valle Vista in CA. Global time and date of event 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 23:26:06 / July 28, 2018 @ 11:26 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:26:06 / 3:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.844 West, latitude 33.7116667 North, depth = 16.28 km. Unique identifier: ci38232336. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38232336. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.28 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oceanside, Foothill Ranch, Ladera Ranch (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Fontana (c. 196 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 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 four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 6 km SE of Valle Vista, 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 -116.844° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.7116667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km SE of Valle Vista, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-28 23:26:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-28 23:36:52 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 123 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 0.07092 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 15 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 ci38232336 Id of event.
Event Code 38232336 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38232336, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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