A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Westmorland in CA on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/10/20 / 2020-10-01 06:58:14 / October 1, 2020 @ 6:58 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ci37456541. Unique identifier: ci37456541. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.14 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -115.6086667° West, 33.055° North, depth 0.14 km. The temblor was detected at 06:58:14 / 6:58 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tecolots, Mecca, Oasis (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-five, in the last 10 days seventy-five, in the past 30 days seventy-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 2 km NNE of Westmorland, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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