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Minor earthquake, 3.59 mag strikes near Borrego Springs in California


Earthquake location 33.3144989S, -116.2783356WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.59 (mg/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Borrego Springs in California. The temblor was reported at 06:02:56 / 6:02 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 11.92 km (7 miles). Global time of event 31/05/15 / 2015-05-31 13:02:56 / May 31, 2015 @ 1:02 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -116.2783356 West, latitude 33.3144989 North, depth 11.92 km, unique identifier, ci37390968. Ids that are associated to the event, ,ci37390968,nn00496799,us20002ktp,.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Temecula (c. 100 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from San Marcos (c. 83 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Hemet (c. 78 700 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Santee (c. 53 400 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Marcos, Imperial, Santee.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.59 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.2783356° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.3144989° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km NE of Borrego Springs, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-31 13:02:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-31 22:11:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 362 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.3 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 310 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,nn,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 101 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.07535 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 21 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci37390968 Id of event.
Event Code 37390968 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37390968,nn00496799,us20002ktp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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