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Minor earthquake: M3.32 quake has struck near Idyllwild in CA


Earthquake location 33.7853317S, -116.6610031WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.32 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Idyllwild in CA on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/10/20 / 2020-10-06 23:29:17 / October 6, 2020 @ 11:29 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.6610031 West, latitude 33.7853317 North, depth = 15.53 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.53 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ci39654856. Ids that are associated to the event: ci39654856. The 3.32-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:29:17 / 11:29 pm (local time epicenter).

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 Camp Pendleton North, Home Gardens, Glen Avon. Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Fontana (c. 196 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Murrieta (c. 103 500 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty 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.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km NE of Idyllwild, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.32 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.6610031° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.7853317° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km NE of Idyllwild, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-06 23:29:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-06 23:32:06 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 2.2 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 170 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 95 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05964 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 22 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 ci39654856 Id of event.
Event Code 39654856 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39654856, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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