Minor earthquake: M3.24 quake has struck near Imperial in California

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Imperial in California on Sunday. The 3.24-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:20:01 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci38025520. Event ids that are associated: ci38025520. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/10/17 / 2017-10-15 13:20:01 / October 15, 2017 @ 1:20 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -115.626503° West, 32.8508339° North, depth 15.82 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.82 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guadalupe Victoria, Hermosillo, Delta (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km W of Imperial, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.24 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.626503° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.8508339° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	15.82 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km W of Imperial, California	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-10-15 13:20:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-10-15 13:29:18	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	13	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	166	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	66	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.07493	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.3 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	ci38025520	Id of event.
Event Code	38025520	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci38025520,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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