A minor earthquake magnitude 3.87 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Brawley in CA. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/06/16 / 2016-06-21 21:55:47 / June 21, 2016 @ 9:55 pm. The temblor was reported at 14:55:47 / 2:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.8 km (9 miles). Exact location of event, depth 14.8 km, -115.572998° West, 32.9718323° North. Unique identifier: ci37609552. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37609552.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event 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 (3 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guadalupe Victoria, Mecca, Hermosillo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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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. 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, CA.
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