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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Palomar Observatory in CA

Posted by admin on December 14, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 33.3205S, -116.9051667WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Palomar Observatory in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.93 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -116.9051667° West, latitude 33.3205° North, depth = 16.93 km. The temblor was reported at 14:18:01 / 2:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/12/24 / 2024-12-14 14:18:01 / December 14, 2024 @ 2:18 pm. Unique identifier: ci41001848. Ids that are associated to the event: ci41001848.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from San Diego (c. 1 307 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oasis, Dana Point, Coronado (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty 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. 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: 6 km SW of Palomar Observatory, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.9051667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.3205° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km SW of Palomar Observatory, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-14 14:18:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-14 14:22:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 113 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04855 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 24 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 ci41001848 Id of event.
Event Code 41001848 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci41001848, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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