A minor earthquake magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Holtville in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/20 / 2020-05-02 23:44:37 / May 2, 2020 @ 11:44 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.75 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ci38477458. Event ids that are associated: ci38477458. Exact location of event, depth 15.75 km, -115.4308319° West, 32.757° North. The temblor was picked up at 15:44:37 / 3:44 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yuma, Estación Coahuila, Ciudad Coahuila (Kilómetro Cincuenta y Siete) (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 15 km (9 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km SW of Holtville, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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