Minor earthquake, 3.16 mag has occurred near Ocotillo Wells in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Ocotillo Wells in CA on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/06/20 / 2020-06-07 01:50:59 / June 7, 2020 @ 1:50 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.03 km (6 miles). The 3.16-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:50:59 / 1:50 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ci39468576. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39468576. Exact location of event, longitude -116.0045013 West, latitude 33.1593323 North, depth = 9.03 km.

Close 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 Alpine, Mexicali, Progreso. Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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Alpine CA Coachella El Centro Indio Mexicali Mexico Ocotillo Wells Palm Desert Progreso United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.16 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.0045013° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.1593323° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.03 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-06-07 01:50:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-06-07 01:53:13	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	154	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	96	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1371	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	30	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	ci39468576	Id of event.
Event Code	39468576	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci39468576,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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