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Light earthquake, 4.87 mag was detected near Anza in CA


Earthquake location 33.4933319S, -116.5035019WA light earthquake magnitude 4.87 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Anza in CA on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -116.5035019° West, 33.4933319° North, depth 10.64 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.64 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci39126079. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39126079. The temblor was picked up at 17:53:18 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/04/20 / 2020-04-04 01:53:18 / April 4, 2020 @ 1:53 am.

Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Murrieta (c. 103 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Cerrito, La Jolla, Coto De Caza (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km ESE of Anza, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.87 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.5035019° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.4933319° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km ESE of Anza, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-04 01:53:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-04 01:58:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 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 366 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 89 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.068 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 29 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci39126079 Id of event.
Event Code 39126079 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39126079, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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