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Minor earthquake, 3.36 mag was detected near Borrego Springs in CA


Earthquake location 33.3463326S, -116.3690033WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Borrego Springs in CA on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 02:34:01 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci39282359. Event ids that are associated: ci39282359, us7000aj88. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/20 / 2020-07-07 02:34:01 / July 7, 2020 @ 2:34 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.01 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -116.3690033 West, latitude 33.3463326 North, depth = 11.01 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Murrieta (c. 103 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Temecula (c. 100 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Marcos (c. 83 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hemet (c. 78 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fallbrook, Murrieta, Homeland.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy 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. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 10 km N of Borrego Springs, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.36 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.3690033° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.3463326° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km N of Borrego Springs, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-07 02:34:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-07 02:41:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 174 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 107 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05223 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 25 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 ci39282359 Id of event.
Event Code 39282359 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39282359,us7000aj88, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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