Minor earthquake: M3.43 quake has struck near Ocotillo Wells in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.43 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Ocotillo Wells in CA. The 3.43-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:14:59 / 8:14 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/05/19 / 2019-05-08 16:14:59 / May 8, 2019 @ 4:14 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.47 km (7 miles). Exact location, longitude -116.064003° West, latitude 33.2126656° North, depth = 11.47 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38351319. Id of event: ci38351319.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Progreso, Palm Springs, Calexico. The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Palm Springs (c. 44 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Calexico Cathedral City El Centro Indio Ocotillo Wells Palm Desert Palm Springs Progreso United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.43 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.064003° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.2126656° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.47 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10km NE 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	2019-05-08 16:14:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-05-08 16:17:05	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	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	105	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.104	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.21 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	26	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	ci38351319	Id of event.
Event Code	38351319	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci38351319,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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