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Minor earthquake, 3.42 mag strikes near Calipatria in CA

Posted by admin on January 18, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 33.1521683S, -115.625WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Calipatria in CA. The temblor was detected at 00:19:15 / 12:19 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci38196351. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38196351. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/01/19 / 2019-01-18 08:19:15 / January 18, 2019 @ 8:19 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.94 km (7 miles). Exact location, longitude -115.625° West, latitude 33.1521683° North, depth = 10.94 km.

Event epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). 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).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km WNW of Calipatria, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.42 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.625° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.1521683° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km 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 2019-01-18 08:19:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-18 08:30:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 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 181 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 88 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04873 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 ci38196351 Id of event.
Event Code 38196351 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38196351, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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