A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.63 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Bombay Beach in CA on Thursday. Global time and date of event 19/09/19 / 2019-09-19 09:59:46 / September 19, 2019 @ 9:59 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 01:59:46 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.43 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -115.7898331° West, latitude 33.3616676° North, depth = 2.43 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38845903. Unique identifier: ci38845903.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calexico, Cathedral City, Thousand Palms (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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 WNW of Bombay Beach, CA.
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