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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag was detected near Calipatria in CA


Earthquake location 33.1571655S, -115.6371689WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Calipatria in CA. Exact location, longitude -115.6371689° West, latitude 33.1571655° North, depth = 11 km. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:40:26 / 10:40 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci38133927. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38133927. The epicenter was at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/11/18 / 2018-11-15 06:40:26 / November 15, 2018 @ 6:40 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Indio, Coachella, Puebla (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 12 km WNW of Calipatria, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.6371689° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.1571655° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km WNW of Calipatria, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-15 06:40:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-15 06:56:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.4 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 180 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 93 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02713 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 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 ci38133927 Id of event.
Event Code 38133927 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38133927, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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