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Minor earthquake 3.13 mag, 63 km WSW of Coronado, CA


Earthquake location 32.3974991S, -117.760498WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.13 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Coronado in CA. Unique identifier: ci38252568. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38252568. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.84 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 18:01:31 / 6:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/08/18 / 2018-08-19 02:01:31 / August 19, 2018 @ 2:01 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -117.760498° West, 32.3974991° North, depth 29.84 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Tijuana (c. 1 376 500 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from San Diego (c. 1 307 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Chula Vista (c. 243 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Rosarito (c. 66 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from National City (c. 58 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Mesa, Solana Beach, La Presa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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: 63 km WSW of Coronado, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.13 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -117.760498° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.3974991° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.84 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km WSW of Coronado, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-19 02:01:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-19 02:03:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5608 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 298 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 ci38252568 Id of event.
Event Code 38252568 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38252568, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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