Minor earthquake: M3.02 quake has struck near Julian in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Julian in CA on Monday. Exact location, longitude -116.5940018° West, latitude 33.0405006° North, depth = 11.96 km. The 3.02-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:13:08 / 5:13 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci40926079. Unique identifier: ci40926079. Global time and date of event 14/04/25 / 2025-04-14 17:13:08 / April 14, 2025 @ 5:13 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.96 km (7 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palm Desert, Pórticos de San Antonio, Las Delicias (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Tijuana (c. 1 376 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Diego (c. 1 307 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Chula Vista (c. 243 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Oceanside (c. 167 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days sixty-seven 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km S of Julian, CA.

CA Chula Vista Escondido Julian Las Delicias Mexico Oceanside Palm Desert Pórticos de San Antonio San Diego Tijuana United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.02 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.5940018° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.0405006° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.96 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km S of Julian, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-14 17:13:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-14 17:17:14	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	reviewed	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	140	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	77	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.04048	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.23 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	ci40926079	Id of event.
Event Code	40926079	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40926079,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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