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Minor earthquake, 3.11 mag was detected near Julian in California


Earthquake location 33.1503334S, -116.4861679WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Julian in California on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/12/17 / 2017-12-07 00:38:03 / December 7, 2017 @ 12:38 am. Exact location of event, longitude -116.4861679 West, latitude 33.1503334 North, depth = 11.62 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.62 km (7 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:38:03 / 4:38 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci37824111. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37824111.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Terrazas del Valle, Hemet, Chula Vista (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from San Diego (c. 1 307 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Chula Vista (c. 243 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Temecula (c. 100 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from El Cajon (c. 99 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km NE of Julian, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.11 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.4861679° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.1503334° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.62 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km NE of Julian, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-07 00:38:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-07 00:41:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 151 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 94 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1163 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.19 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 ci37824111 Id of event.
Event Code 37824111 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37824111, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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