A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Bombay Beach in CA on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/16 / 2016-09-27 03:24:44 / September 27, 2016 @ 3:24 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.85 km (1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37147076. Id of event: ci37147076. Exact location, longitude -115.6945° West, latitude 33.3026667° North, depth = 1.85 km. The 3.11-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:24:44 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mexicali, Palm Desert, Bermuda Dunes.
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days eighty 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 6 km SE of Bombay Beach, CA.
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