A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from El Centro in CA. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38238730. Unique identifier: ci38238730. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.95 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -115.5456696° West, latitude 32.7885017° North, depth = 15.95 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/11/19 / 2019-11-12 02:07:04 / November 12, 2019 @ 2:07 am. The 3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:07:04 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 2 km (1 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota, Guadalupe Victoria, Hermosillo (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 has occurred nearby.
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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: 1 km E of El Centro, CA.
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