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Minor earthquake 2.95 mag, 10 km N of Borrego Springs, CA


Earthquake location 33.347332S, -116.3756638WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Borrego Springs in CA on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.18 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/10/25 / 2025-10-30 03:05:13 / October 30, 2025 @ 3:05 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -116.3756638 West, latitude 33.347332 North, depth = 12.18 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ci41322360. Unique identifier: ci41322360. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:05:13 / 3:05 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Winter Gardens, San Marcos, Poway. Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 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), 44 km (27 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 10 km N of Borrego Springs, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.95 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.3756638° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.347332° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km 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 2025-10-30 03:05:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-30 03:10:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 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 134 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 104 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02175 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 18 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 ci41322360 Id of event.
Event Code 41322360 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci41322360, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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