Minor earthquake 3.46 mag, 23 km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.46 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Ocotillo Wells in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38171768. Id of event: ci38171768. The 3.46-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:34:57 / 4:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -115.9203339 West, latitude 33.0431671 North, depth = 9.88 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.88 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 00:34:57 / May 13, 2018 @ 12:34 am.

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 63 km (39 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alpine, San Diego Country Estates, Indio.

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

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Alpine CA Calexico Coachella El Centro Indio Mexicali Mexico Ocotillo Wells San Diego Country Estates United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.46 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.9203339° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.0431671° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.88 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-05-13 00:34:57	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-05-13 00:42:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	5.59	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	186	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	97	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1098	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.31 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	24	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	ci38171768	Id of event.
Event Code	38171768	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci38171768,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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