A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.73 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Brawley in CA on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 19:24:03 / 7:24 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/04/19 / 2019-04-23 03:24:03 / April 23, 2019 @ 3:24 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5145035 West, latitude 32.9075012 North, depth = 15.8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.8 km (10 miles). Event id: ci38327303. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38327303.
Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 14 km (8 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Luis Río Colorado, Yuma, San Luis. Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 8 km S of Brawley, CA.
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