A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.74 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Westmorland in CA on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5725021 West, latitude 33.0379982 North, depth = 8.17 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.17 km (5 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/10/20 / 2020-10-01 00:33:48 / October 1, 2020 @ 12:33 am. Id of earthquake: ci39641544. Event ids that are associated: ci39641544. The 3.74-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:33:48 / 12:33 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hermosillo, Delta, Tecolots (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Puebla (c. 8 700 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-two, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 5 km E of Westmorland, CA.
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