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Minor earthquake 2.98 mag, 18 km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA

Posted by admin on July 15, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 33.0221672S, -116.0091629WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Ocotillo Wells in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.51 km (6 miles). The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:46:18 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/07/20 / 2020-07-15 22:46:18 / July 15, 2020 @ 10:46 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.0091629 West, latitude 33.0221672 North, depth = 9.51 km. Event id: ci38592114. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38592114.

Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tecate (c. 58 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tecate, La Quinta, Coachella.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 18 km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.0091629° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.0221672° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.51 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18km SE 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 2020-07-15 22:46:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-15 22:53:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 137 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 101 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1391 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 26 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 ci38592114 Id of event.
Event Code 38592114 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38592114, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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