Minor earthquake: M3.08 quake has struck near Aguanga in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Aguanga in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -116.7426682° West, 33.4253349° North, depth 11.63 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.63 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 06:45:18 / 6:45 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40704063. Id of event: ci40704063. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/08/24 / 2024-08-16 06:45:18 / August 16, 2024 @ 6:45 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Murrieta (c. 103 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Mesa, Rancho San Diego, Casa de Oro-Mount Helix (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 12 km E of Aguanga, CA.

Aguanga CA Carlsbad Casa de Oro-Mount Helix Escondido La Mesa Moreno Valley Murrieta Oceanside Rancho San Diego United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.08 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.7426682° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.4253349° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.63 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km E 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	2024-08-16 06:45:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-16 06:51:03	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	2.7	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	146	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	108	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.09519	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.19 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	13	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	ci40704063	Id of event.
Event Code	40704063	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40704063,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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