Minor earthquake 3.19 mag, 10 km NE of Julian, CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Julian in CA on Tuesday. The 3.19-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:27:29 / 7:27 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci37586695. Event ids that are associated: ci37586695. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.98 km (5 miles). Global time and date of event 21/02/17 / 2017-02-21 15:27:29 / February 21, 2017 @ 3:27 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -116.5285034° West, latitude 33.1431656° North, depth = 7.98 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Camp Pendleton South, Coronado, Oceanside (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from San Diego (c. 1 307 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Chula Vista (c. 243 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 10 km NE of Julian, CA.

CA Camp Pendleton South Carlsbad Chula Vista Coronado Escondido Julian Oceanside San Diego United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.19 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.5285034° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.1431656° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.98 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10km NE of Julian, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-02-21 15:27:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-02-21 15:31:46	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	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	157	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	61	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.08488	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	28	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	ci37586695	Id of event.
Event Code	37586695	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37586695,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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