Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag was detected near Bombay Beach in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Bombay Beach in CA on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.69 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.6865005 West, latitude 33.2695007 North, depth = 2.69 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ci39338767. Unique identifier: ci39338767. Global time and date of event 10/08/20 / 2020-08-10 17:22:20 / August 10, 2020 @ 5:22 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 17:22:20 / 5:22 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Progreso, Bermuda Dunes, Mexicali.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 10 km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.96 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.6865005° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.2695007° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.69 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10km 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 17:22:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-08-10 17:24:30	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	135	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	87	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.09064	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	37	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	ci39338767	Id of event.
Event Code	39338767	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci39338767,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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