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Minor earthquake: M2.82 quake has struck near Niland in CA

Posted by admin on May 2, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 33.1821667S, -115.6171667WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Niland in CA. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.6171667 West, latitude 33.1821667 North, depth = 2.64 km. Unique identifier: ci38476354. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38476354. The temblor was reported at 19:01:44 / 7:01 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.64 km (2 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/05/20 / 2020-05-02 03:01:44 / May 2, 2020 @ 3:01 am.

Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coachella, Puebla, Progreso.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 11 km SW of Niland, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.82 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.6171667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.1821667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.64 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km SW of Niland, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-02 03:01:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-02 03:05:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 122 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ci The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ci, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.004632 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 42 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci38476354 Id of event.
Event Code 38476354 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38476354, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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