A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Westmorland in CA on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/09/20 / 2020-09-30 23:31:11 / September 30, 2020 @ 11:31 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.79 km (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39641056. Id of event: ci39641056. Exact location, longitude -115.6050034° West, latitude 33.0439987° North, depth = 0.79 km. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:31:11 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 28 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), 22 km (14 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mecca, Oasis, Puebla (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km ENE of Westmorland, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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