A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Morongo Valley in California on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.6308365 West, latitude 34.0463333 North, depth = 9.11 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.11 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38092928. Unique identifier: ci38092928. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 03:38:12 / January 26, 2018 @ 3:38 am. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:38:12 / 7:38 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Fontana (c. 196 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Murrieta (c. 103 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Glen Avon, Oak Hills, Pedley (min 5000 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 five and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 4 km W of Morongo Valley, California.
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