A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Brawley in California. Exact location, longitude -115.5341667° West, latitude 32.931° North, depth = 19.402 km. The temblor was reported at 09:51:03 / 9:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 16:51:03 / September 15, 2015 @ 4:51 pm. Id of earthquake: ci37243031. Event ids that are associated: ci37243031. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.402 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hermosillo, Delta, Tecolots. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (21 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 5 km S of Brawley, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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