Minor earthquake: M2.92 quake has struck near Julian in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Julian in CA on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.56 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38166679. Unique identifier: ci38166679. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/12/18 / 2018-12-19 12:22:14 / December 19, 2018 @ 12:22 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -116.3616638° West, 33.0029984° North, depth 10.56 km. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:22:14 / 4:22 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Chula Vista (c. 243 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from El Cajon (c. 99 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Marcos (c. 83 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from National City (c. 58 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chula Vista, El Centro, National City. Close 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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km ESE of Julian, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Chula Vista El Cajon El Centro Escondido Julian National City San Marcos United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.92 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.3616638° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.0029984° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.56 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	24km ESE of Julian, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-12-19 12:22:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-12-19 12:24:24	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	131	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	0.0981	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	37	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	ci38166679	Id of event.
Event Code	38166679	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci38166679,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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