A light earthquake magnitude 4.02 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Westmorland in CA. Exact location of event, longitude -115.575 West, latitude 33.0518333 North, depth = 8.65 km. The temblor was detected at 03:37:04 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 8.65 km (5 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37456405. Id of event: ci37456405. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/20 / 2020-10-01 03:37:04 / October 1, 2020 @ 3:37 am.
Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coachella, Hermosillo, Delta (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-seven, in the last 10 days sixty-seven, in the past 30 days sixty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 5 km ENE of Westmorland, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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