A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Westmorland in CA. Global time and date of event 30/09/20 / 2020-09-30 23:19:48 / September 30, 2020 @ 11:19 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.06-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:19:48 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci39640848. Event ids that are associated: ci39640848. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.43 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5908356 West, latitude 33.0508347 North, depth = 4.43 km.
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 49 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), 10 km (6 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tecolots, Mecca, Oasis.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-nine, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 3 km ENE of Westmorland, CA.
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