Minor earthquake, 3.46 mag was detected near Westmorland in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.46 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Westmorland in CA. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/09/20 / 2020-09-30 23:33:34 / September 30, 2020 @ 11:33 pm. The temblor was reported at 23:33:34 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci39641072. Event ids that are associated: ci39641072. Exact location of earthquake, -115.6046677° West, 33.0519981° North, depth 1.93 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.93 km (1 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 49 km (31 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), 11 km (7 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).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 2 km NE of Westmorland, CA.

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.46 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.6046677° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.0519981° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.93 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2km NE 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	2020-09-30 23:33:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-09-30 23:38:16	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	4.77	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	184	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	28	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02352	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	61	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	ci39641072	Id of event.
Event Code	39641072	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci39641072,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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