A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Brawley in California on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: ci37387567. Event ids that are associated: ci37387567. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/06/16 / 2016-06-15 07:41:03 / June 15, 2016 @ 7:41 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.44 km (8 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:41:03 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5690002 West, latitude 32.9728317 North, depth = 13.44 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 20 km (12 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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Delta, Oasis, Tecolots. Close 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 two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km W of Brawley, California.
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