Minor earthquake: M3.11 quake has struck near Idyllwild in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Idyllwild in CA on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.87 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ci40844255. Unique identifier: ci40844255. The temblor was reported at 07:55:23 / 7:55 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/01/25 / 2025-01-21 07:55:23 / January 21, 2025 @ 7:55 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.8026657 West, latitude 33.6831665 North, depth = 15.87 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Clemente, Foothill Ranch, Ladera Ranch (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Fontana (c. 196 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km SW of Idyllwild, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Fontana Foothill Ranch Idyllwild Ladera Ranch Moreno Valley Oceanside Riverside San Bernardino San Clemente United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.11 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.8026657° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.6831665° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	15.87 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km SW of Idyllwild, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-21 07:55:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-21 07:59:59	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	2.2	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	reviewed	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	149	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	112	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.06503	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	11	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	ci40844255	Id of event.
Event Code	40844255	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40844255,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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