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Minor earthquake, 3.49 mag has occurred near Imperial in CA

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Imperial in CA on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/09/17 / 2017-09-13 22:21:27 / September 13, 2017 @ 10:21 pm. The 3.49-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:21:27 / 2:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37762367. Id of event: ci37762367. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.46 km (9 miles). Exact location of event, depth 14.46 km, -115.6168365° West, 32.8483315° North.

Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oasis, Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota, Guadalupe Victoria (min 5000 pop).

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

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Brawley CA Calexico Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota El Centro Guadalupe Victoria Imperial Mexicali Mexico Oasis United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.49 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.6168365° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.8483315° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.46 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4km W of Imperial, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-09-13 22:21:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-13 22:35:11	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	15	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.6	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	6.11	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	reviewed	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	191	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	64	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.07098	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.29 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	51	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	ci37762367	Id of event.
Event Code	37762367	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37762367,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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