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Minor earthquake 2.85 mag, 14 km SW of Borrego Springs, CA


Earthquake location 33.1590004S, -116.470665WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Borrego Springs in CA. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:05:40 / 3:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 6.91 km (4 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ci40661111. Unique identifier: ci40661111. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/07/24 / 2024-07-16 15:05:40 / July 16, 2024 @ 3:05 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 6.91 km, -116.470665° West, 33.1590004° North.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Solana Beach, Villa del Campo, Bonita (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Temecula (c. 100 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from El Cajon (c. 99 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vista (c. 93 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from San Marcos (c. 83 800 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km SW of Borrego Springs, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.85 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.470665° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.1590004° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km SW of Borrego Springs, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-16 15:05:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-16 15:08:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 125 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 105 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.08591 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 16 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 ci40661111 Id of event.
Event Code 40661111 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40661111, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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