A minor earthquake magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Bombay Beach in CA. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/09/19 / 2019-09-16 18:11:51 / September 16, 2019 @ 6:11 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38840159. Id of event: ci38840159. The temblor was detected at 10:11:51 / 10:11 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.94 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -115.7878342 West, latitude 33.357666 North, depth = 2.94 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calexico, Cathedral City, Thousand Palms (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 5 km W of Bombay Beach, CA.
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