Minor earthquake, 3.08 mag strikes near Calipatria in California

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Calipatria in California on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.8 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:08:42 / 11:08 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37713415. Id of event: ci37713415. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/07/17 / 2017-07-26 19:08:42 / July 26, 2017 @ 7:08 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -115.6451645 West, latitude 33.1645012 North, depth = 5.8 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coachella, Puebla, Progreso (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 12 km WNW of Calipatria, California.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.08 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.6451645° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.1645012° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km WNW of Calipatria, California	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-07-26 19:08:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-07-26 19:19:50	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	146	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ci	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ci,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	72	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02654	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	37	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci37713415	Id of event.
Event Code	37713415	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37713415,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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