A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Brawley in CA. Event id: ci37776080. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37776080. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.67 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -115.5471649 West, latitude 32.9796677 North, depth = 10.67 km. The 3.14-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:42:35 / 5:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/01/17 / 2017-01-01 01:42:35 / January 1, 2017 @ 1:42 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hermosillo, Delta, Oasis (min 5000 pop). The epicenter 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). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 2 km W of Brawley, CA.
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