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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Westmorland in CA

Posted by admin on October 1, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 33.074S, -115.6001667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Westmorland in CA on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 06:29:32 / 6:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -115.6001667 West, latitude 33.074 North, depth = 8.34 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.34 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ci39644432. Ids that are associated to the event: ci39644432. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/10/20 / 2020-10-01 06:29:32 / October 1, 2020 @ 6:29 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mecca, Oasis, Puebla (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-one, in the last 10 days sixty-one, in the past 30 days sixty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.6001667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.074° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.34 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 06:29:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-01 06:33:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 121 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0388 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 44 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 ci39644432 Id of event.
Event Code 39644432 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39644432, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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