A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Ocotillo Wells in CA. Unique identifier: ci37919112. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37919112. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.69 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 27/06/17 / 2017-06-27 12:47:13 / June 27, 2017 @ 12:47 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.0923333 West, latitude 33.2315 North, depth = 9.69 km. The 2.82-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:47:13 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alpine, Ramona, Thousand Palms. Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 10 km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA.
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