Moderate earthquake: M5.09 quake has struck near Borrego Springs in California

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.09 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Borrego Springs in California. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37374687, nc72648731, at00o8jqfp. Id of event: ci37374687. Exact location, longitude -116.4509964° West, latitude 33.4423332° North, depth = -1.37 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 08:04:38 / June 10, 2016 @ 8:04 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -1.37 km (-1 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Borrego Springs in California (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:04:38 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 104 km (65 miles) from San Diego (c. 1 307 400 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Murrieta (c. 103 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Colton, Imperial, National City (min 5000 pop).

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. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 22 km NNW of Borrego Springs, California.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.09 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.4509964° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.4423332° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-1.37 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	22km NNW 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 08:04:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-06-10 08:15:21	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	310	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	7.41	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	1	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	566	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,nc,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	108	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.08357	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.37 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	29	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	ci37374687	Id of event.
Event Code	37374687	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37374687,nc72648731,at00o8jqfp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.09 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-116.4509964° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

33.4423332° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

-1.37 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

22km NNW 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 08:04:38

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-06-10 08:15:21

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

Timezone offset

-420

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

310

The total number of felt reports

CDI

5.4

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

7.41

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

566

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,nc,at,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

108

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

Horizontal Distance

0.08357

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

Root Mean Square

0.37 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

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

ci37374687

Id of event.

Event Code

37374687

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

Event IDS

,ci37374687,nc72648731,at00o8jqfp,

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

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