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Minor earthquake, 3.11 mag strikes near Aguanga in California


Earthquake location 33.4821663S, -116.7973328WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Aguanga in California. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/02/18 / 2018-02-01 17:56:50 / February 1, 2018 @ 5:56 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38096656. Id of event: ci38096656. The temblor was picked up at 09:56:50 / 9:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.15 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, depth 3.15 km, -116.7973328° West, 33.4821663° North.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Juan Capistrano, Portola Hills, Rubidoux (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. 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: 7 km NE of Aguanga, California.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.11 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.7973328° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.4821663° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km NE of Aguanga, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-01 17:56:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-01 17:59:58 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 2 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 149 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 117 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.09699 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 21 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 ci38096656 Id of event.
Event Code 38096656 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38096656, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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