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Minor earthquake, 3.18 mag strikes near Westmorland in CA

Posted by admin on October 1, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 33.053833S, -115.5914993WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.18 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Westmorland in CA on Thursday. The 3.18-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:50:21 / 12:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.68 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/10/20 / 2020-10-01 00:50:21 / October 1, 2020 @ 12:50 am. Unique identifier: ci39641696. Ids that are associated to the event: ci39641696. Exact location of earthquake, -115.5914993° West, 33.053833° North, depth 9.68 km.

Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 43 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). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 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-two, in the last 10 days fifty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km ENE of Westmorland, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.18 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.5914993° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.053833° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km 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 00:50:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-01 00:53:14 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 156 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 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01749 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 ci39641696 Id of event.
Event Code 39641696 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39641696, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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