A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Westmorland in CA. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.42 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:15:31 / 11:15 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci39640688. Unique identifier: ci39640688. Exact location of event, depth 4.42 km, -115.5863342° West, 33.0540009° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/09/20 / 2020-09-30 23:15:31 / September 30, 2020 @ 11:15 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tecolots, Mecca, Oasis (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km ENE of Westmorland, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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