A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.55 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Brawley in California. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/06/16 / 2016-06-14 21:23:22 / June 14, 2016 @ 9:23 pm. Exact location, longitude -115.5674973° West, latitude 32.9731674° North, depth = 11.87 km. Event id: ci37386943. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37386943. The 3.55-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:23:22 / 2:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.87 km (7 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 4 km (2 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Puebla (c. 8 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mecca, Hermosillo, Delta. Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), 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 thirteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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 W of Brawley, California.
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