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Minor earthquake, 3.33 mag strikes near Bombay Beach in CA

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Bombay Beach in CA. The temblor was detected at 20:39:40 / 8:39 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/16 / 2016-09-27 03:39:40 / September 27, 2016 @ 3:39 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.37 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ci37701640. Event ids that are associated: ci37701640. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.6986694 West, latitude 33.310833 North, depth = 2.37 km.

The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Progreso, Rancho Mirage, Mexicali (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days sixty-seven 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. 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. 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: 5 km SE of Bombay Beach, CA.

Bombay Beach CA Coachella El Centro Indio Mexicali Mexico Palm Desert Progreso Rancho Mirage United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.33 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.6986694° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.310833° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.37 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km SE 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	2016-09-27 03:39:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-09-27 03:42:14	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	reviewed	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	171	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	82	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05074	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.23 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	45	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	ci37701640	Id of event.
Event Code	37701640	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37701640,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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