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Minor earthquake, 3.01 mag strikes near Aguanga in CA


Earthquake location 33.4828339S, -116.8003311WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Aguanga in CA. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.8003311 West, latitude 33.4828339 North, depth = 1.24 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 01:53:37 / August 15, 2018 @ 1:53 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.24 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 17:53:37 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci38245832. Event ids that are associated: ci38245832.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ladera Ranch, El Cajon, Yucca Valley. Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km NE of Aguanga, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.01 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.8003311° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.4828339° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km NE 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 2018-08-15 01:53:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-15 02:19:34 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 2.2 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 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 140 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 120 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02946 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 21 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 ci38245832 Id of event.
Event Code 38245832 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38245832, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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