Moderate earthquake 5.16 mag, 21 km N of Borrego Springs, California

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.16 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Borrego Springs in California. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.16-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:05:35 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 11.97 km, -116.3925018° West, 33.4453316° North. Event id: ci37374711. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37374711. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 08:05:35 / June 10, 2016 @ 8:05 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.97 km (7 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Murrieta (c. 103 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Temecula (c. 100 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from El Cajon (c. 99 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Grand Terrace, Highland, El Centro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.16 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.3925018° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.4453316° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.97 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21km N 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	2016-06-10 08:05:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-06-10 08:12:57	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	39	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.44	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	426	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	47	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.08266	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	107	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	ci37374711	Id of event.
Event Code	37374711	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37374711,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.16 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-116.3925018° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

33.4453316° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

11.97 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

21km N 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

2016-06-10 08:05:35

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-06-10 08:12:57

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-420

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

4.1

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

4.44

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

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

426

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.08266

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.18 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

107

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

ci37374711

Id of event.

Event Code

37374711

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,ci37374711,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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