Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag strikes near Morongo Valley in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Morongo Valley in CA. Global time and date of event 31/10/20 / 2020-10-31 19:49:37 / October 31, 2020 @ 7:49 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -116.6933365° West, 34.1133347° North, depth 1.38 km. The temblor was reported at 19:49:37 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 1.38 km (1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39452471. Id of event: ci39452471.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Murrieta, Mira Loma, Lake Elsinore (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Riverside (c. 303 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from San Bernardino (c. 209 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Fontana (c. 196 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Moreno Valley (c. 193 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Victorville (c. 115 900 pop).

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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 13 km NW of Morongo Valley, CA.

CA Fontana Lake Elsinore Mira Loma Moreno Valley Morongo Valley Murrieta Riverside San Bernardino United States Victorville

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.97 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.6933365° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.1133347° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.38 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km NW of Morongo Valley, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-10-31 19:49:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-31 19:51:48	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	136	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	128	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.0836	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.17 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	ci39452471	Id of event.
Event Code	39452471	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci39452471,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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