A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Westmorland in CA. Exact location, longitude -115.5818333° West, latitude 33.0588333° North, depth = 1.12 km. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:38:37 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). Event id: ci39641584. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39641584. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/10/20 / 2020-10-01 00:38:37 / October 1, 2020 @ 12:38 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.12 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tecolots, Mecca, Oasis (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 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), 10 km (6 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 4 km ENE of Westmorland, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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