A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Holtville in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37750928. Id of event: ci37750928. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.83 km (7 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:40:32 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/16 / 2016-11-27 12:40:32 / November 27, 2016 @ 12:40 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -115.4123306° West, 32.7523346° North, depth 11.83 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yuma, Estación Coahuila, Ciudad Coahuila (Kilómetro Cincuenta y Siete). Earthquake epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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