A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Calipatria in CA. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/10/20 / 2020-10-01 10:15:29 / October 1, 2020 @ 10:15 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5986667 West, latitude 33.1108333 North, depth = 6.54 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.54 km (4 miles). The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:15:29 / 10:15 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ci39645504. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39645504.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mecca, Puebla, Oasis. 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 55 km (34 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop).
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 thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km WSW of Calipatria, CA.
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