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Minor earthquake, 3.09 mag was detected near Anza in CA


Earthquake location 33.5048332S, -116.5558319WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Anza in CA. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:33:14 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37773784. Id of event: ci37773784. Exact location of earthquake, -116.5558319° West, 33.5048332° North, depth 7.27 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.27 km (5 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/16 / 2016-12-30 05:33:14 / December 30, 2016 @ 5:33 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakeside, Moreno Valley, Eucalyptus Hills (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Murrieta (c. 103 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Temecula (c. 100 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Vista (c. 93 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km ESE of Anza, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.09 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.5558319° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.5048332° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km ESE of Anza, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-30 05:33:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-30 05:48:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 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 148 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 121 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04004 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 23 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 ci37773784 Id of event.
Event Code 37773784 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37773784, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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