Minor earthquake: M3.16 quake has struck near Ocotillo in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Ocotillo in CA. Exact location of event, depth 10.18 km, -115.8738327° West, 32.6438332° North. Unique identifier: ci37947407. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37947407. The temblor was reported at 22:11:45 / 10:11 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 06:11:45 / May 23, 2018 @ 6:11 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.18 km (6 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lomas de Santa Anita, Delta, Tecate (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Tecate (c. 58 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km SE of Ocotillo, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Brawley CA Calexico Delta El Centro Lomas de Santa Anita Mexicali Mexico Ocotillo Tecate United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.16 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.8738327° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.6438332° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.18 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15km SE of Ocotillo, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-05-23 06:11:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-05-23 06:23:13	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	154	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	81	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.04103	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	60	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	ci37947407	Id of event.
Event Code	37947407	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37947407,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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