A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Bombay Beach in CA. Global time and date of event 28/09/16 / 2016-09-28 01:11:24 / September 28, 2016 @ 1:11 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.17 km (3 miles). The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:11:24 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci37703544. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37703544. Exact location of event, depth 5.17 km, -115.7211667° West, 33.2983333° North.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palm Desert, Bermuda Dunes, Calexico. Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km S of Bombay Beach, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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