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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Borrego Springs in CA


Earthquake location 33.2970009S, -116.2845001WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Borrego Springs in CA. Exact location of event, depth 11.04 km, -116.2845001° West, 33.2970009° North. Unique identifier: ci40787359. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40787359. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/11/24 / 2024-11-04 17:52:17 / November 4, 2024 @ 5:52 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.04 km (7 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:52:17 / 5:52 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Palm Springs (c. 44 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakeside, Desert Hot Springs, Valle Vista (min 5000 pop).

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 fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Questions or comments?

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: 10 km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.2845001° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.2970009° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km ENE 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 2024-11-04 17:52:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-04 17:54:25 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 121 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 0.0685 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 20 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 ci40787359 Id of event.
Event Code 40787359 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40787359, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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