A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from El Centro in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/11/19 / 2019-11-12 08:32:52 / November 12, 2019 @ 8:32 am. The temblor was reported at 00:32:52 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ci38239602. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38239602. Exact location of event, depth 7.03 km, -115.552° West, 32.7836667° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.03 km (4 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota, Guadalupe Victoria, Hermosillo (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 1 km (1 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 1 km SE of El Centro, CA.
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