A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Niland in CA on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.43 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci37515151. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37515151. Global time and date of event 31/10/16 / 2016-10-31 17:17:07 / October 31, 2016 @ 5:17 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:17:07 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5784988 West, latitude 33.1834984 North, depth = 4.43 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coachella, Puebla, Progreso (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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