Minor earthquake: M2.82 quake has struck near Bombay Beach in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Bombay Beach in CA on Monday. Exact location, longitude -115.7203333° West, latitude 33.2898333° North, depth = 2.49 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.49 km (2 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/09/16 / 2016-09-26 11:39:55 / September 26, 2016 @ 11:39 am. The temblor was detected at 04:39:55 / 4:39 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci37700152. Unique identifier: ci37700152.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from La Quinta (c. 37 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bermuda Dunes, Calexico, La Quinta.

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km S of Bombay Beach, CA.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.82 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.7203333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.2898333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.49 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km S of Bombay Beach, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-09-26 11:39:55	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-09-26 11:50:35	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	122	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	53	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.06355	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	64	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	ci37700152	Id of event.
Event Code	37700152	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37700152,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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