A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Carlsbad in CA on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.51 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 07:48:47 / 7:48 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci39768296. Unique identifier: ci39768296. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/01/21 / 2021-01-26 07:48:47 / January 26, 2021 @ 7:48 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.6276703 West, latitude 33.0911674 North, depth = 10.51 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from San Diego (c. 1 307 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Santa Ana (c. 324 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Chula Vista (c. 243 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Irvine (c. 212 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Huntington Beach (c. 190 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was North Tustin, Santa Ana, Rancho San Diego.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 27 km WSW of Carlsbad, CA.
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