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Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Westmorland in CA

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A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Westmorland in CA on Thursday. Id of earthquake: ci39643328. Event ids that are associated: ew1601523393, ci39643328. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.76 km (7 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/20 / 2020-10-01 03:36:34 / October 1, 2020 @ 3:36 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5973358 West, latitude 33.0680008 North, depth = 11.76 km. The temblor was detected at 03:36:34 / 3:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hermosillo, Delta, Coachella (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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-five, in the last 10 days fifty-five, in the past 30 days fifty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km NNE of Westmorland, CA.

Brawley CA Calexico Coachella Delta El Centro Hermosillo Imperial Mexicali Mexico United States Westmorland

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.5973358° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.0680008° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.76 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4km NNE of Westmorland, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-10-01 03:36:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-01 03:38:40	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	246	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	,ew,ci,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	93	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03237	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.31 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	38	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mlr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci39643328	Id of event.
Event Code	39643328	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ew1601523393,ci39643328,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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