Minor earthquake, 3.25 mag was detected near Westmorland in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Westmorland in CA. The 3.25-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:47:18 / 12:47 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 2.99 km (2 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ci39641656. Unique identifier: ci39641656. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5904999 West, latitude 33.0499992 North, depth = 2.99 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/10/20 / 2020-10-01 00:47:18 / October 1, 2020 @ 12:47 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake 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/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tecolots, Mecca, Oasis (min 5000 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-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 have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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.

Brawley CA Calexico El Centro Imperial Mecca Mexicali Mexico Oasis Tecolots United States Westmorland

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.25 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.5904999° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.0499992° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.99 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 00:47:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-01 00:49:46	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	162	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	60	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.01375	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	47	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	ci39641656	Id of event.
Event Code	39641656	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci39641656,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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