Light earthquake 4.61 mag, 12 km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA

A light earthquake magnitude 4.61 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Bombay Beach in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.79 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ci39338407, ew1597074974. Unique identifier: ci39338407. The temblor was detected at 15:56:15 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/08/20 / 2020-08-10 15:56:15 / August 10, 2020 @ 3:56 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.6818314 West, latitude 33.2459984 North, depth = 10.79 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cathedral City, Thousand Palms, Rancho Mirage (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Bombay Beach CA Calexico Cathedral City Coachella El Centro Indio Mexicali Mexico Palm Desert Rancho Mirage Thousand Palms United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.61 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.6818314° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.2459984° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.79 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-08-10 15:56:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-08-10 16:02:13	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	reviewed	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	327	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,ew,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	88	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.07999	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.29 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	40	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mw	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci39338407	Id of event.
Event Code	39338407	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci39338407,ew1597074974,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.61 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-115.6818314° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

33.2459984° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10.79 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

12km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-08-10 15:56:15

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-08-10 16:02:13

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

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

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

327

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,ci,ew,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.07999

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.29 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

ci39338407

Id of event.

Event Code

39338407

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,ci39338407,ew1597074974,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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