Minor earthquake, 2.86 mag has occurred near Ocotillo Wells in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Ocotillo Wells in CA on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 01:14:29 / 1:14 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ci40720287. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40720287. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/08/24 / 2024-08-31 01:14:29 / August 31, 2024 @ 1:14 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.54 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -116.2819977° West, 32.9715004° North, depth 9.54 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Quinta, Escondido, Valley Center. Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from El Cajon (c. 99 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Tecate (c. 58 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from La Mesa (c. 57 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Santee (c. 53 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 24 km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA.

CA El Cajon Escondido La Mesa La Quinta Mexico Ocotillo Wells Santee Tecate United States Valley Center

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.86 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.2819977° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.9715004° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.54 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	24 km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-31 01:14:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-31 01:16:39	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	126	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	100	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02464	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	30	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	ci40720287	Id of event.
Event Code	40720287	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40720287,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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