Minor earthquake, 3.49 mag was detected near Borrego Springs in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Borrego Springs in CA. The temblor was picked up at 21:59:27 / 9:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/07/24 / 2024-07-17 21:59:27 / July 17, 2024 @ 9:59 pm. Exact location of event, depth 11.87 km, -116.3895035° West, 33.1969986° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.87 km (7 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ci40662719. Unique identifier: ci40662719.

Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Temecula (c. 100 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from El Cajon (c. 99 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Vista (c. 93 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Marcos (c. 83 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Villa del Campo, Fallbrook, Calipatria.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA.

Borrego Springs CA Calipatria El Cajon Escondido Fallbrook San Marcos Temecula United States Villa del Campo Vista

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.49 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.3895035° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.1969986° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.87 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km SSW 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	2024-07-17 21:59:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-17 22:04:04	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.431	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	reviewed	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	188	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	104	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.0747	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.23 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	26	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mlr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci40662719	Id of event.
Event Code	40662719	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40662719,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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