Minor earthquake: M2.85 quake has struck near Cabazon in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Cabazon in CA on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -116.8006668 West, latitude 34.0610008 North, depth = 11.43 km. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:21:03 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/01/25 / 2025-01-20 18:21:03 / January 20, 2025 @ 6:21 pm. Id of earthquake: ci40843951. Event ids that are associated: ci40843951. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.43 km (7 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Fontana (c. 196 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Rancho Cucamonga (c. 165 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Corona, Rancho Cucamonga, Coachella. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 16 km N of Cabazon, CA.

CA Cabazon Coachella Corona Fontana Moreno Valley Rancho Cucamonga Riverside San Bernardino United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.85 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.8006668° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.0610008° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.43 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16 km N of Cabazon, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-20 18:21:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-20 18:23:32	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	125	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	103	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02645	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	14	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	ci40843951	Id of event.
Event Code	40843951	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40843951,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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