Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag was detected near Borrego Springs in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Borrego Springs in CA on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 08:39:05 / 8:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -116.2646637 West, latitude 33.3016663 North, depth = 10.72 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.72 km (7 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/03/25 / 2025-03-20 08:39:05 / March 20, 2025 @ 8:39 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40904495, ew1742459950. Id of event: ci40904495.

Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Temecula (c. 100 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from El Cajon (c. 99 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Marcos (c. 83 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Hemet (c. 78 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tecate, Rancho San Diego, El Centro (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA.

Borrego Springs CA El Cajon El Centro Escondido Hemet Indio Rancho San Diego San Marcos Tecate Temecula United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.2646637° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.3016663° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.72 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 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	2025-03-20 08:39:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-20 08:43:05	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	4.097	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	234	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,ew,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	99	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.07128	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.21 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	17	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mlr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci40904495	Id of event.
Event Code	40904495	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40904495,ew1742459950,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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