A minor earthquake magnitude 3.74 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Brawley in CA on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/12/16 / 2016-12-31 22:41:26 / December 31, 2016 @ 10:41 pm. The 3.74-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:41:26 / 2:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10.44 km, -115.5485001° West, 32.9794998° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.44 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci37775296. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37775296.
Close 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 Mecca, Hermosillo, Delta (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 2 km (1 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Puebla (c. 8 700 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km W of Brawley, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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