Minor earthquake, 3.53 mag was detected near Niland in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Niland in CA. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/08/20 / 2020-08-10 16:00:13 / August 10, 2020 @ 4:00 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 16:00:13 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -115.6431656 West, latitude 33.2558327 North, depth = 9.09 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ci39338423. Unique identifier: ci39338423. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.09 km (6 miles).

Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from La Quinta (c. 37 500 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puebla, Bermuda Dunes, La Quinta (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km W of Niland, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Bermuda Dunes CA Calexico Coachella El Centro Indio La Quinta Mexicali Mexico Niland Puebla United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.53 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.6431656° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.2558327° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.09 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km W 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	2020-08-10 16:00:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-08-10 16:02:20	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	192	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	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05854	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	92	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	ci39338423	Id of event.
Event Code	39338423	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci39338423,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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