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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 7 km ENE of Westmorland, CA


Earthquake location 33.0528333S, -115.5483333WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Westmorland in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -115.5483333° West, 33.0528333° North, depth 11.27 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:13:23 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 11.27 km (7 miles). Event id: ci39641928. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39641928. Global time and date of event 01/10/20 / 2020-10-01 01:13:23 / October 1, 2020 @ 1:13 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mecca, Tecolots, Oasis. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop).

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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 7 km ENE of Westmorland, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.5483333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.0528333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.27 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km ENE 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 01:13:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-01 01:17:27 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 129 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 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.03173 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 137 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 ci39641928 Id of event.
Event Code 39641928 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39641928, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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