A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.66 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Westmorland in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -115.5846634° West, 33.0523338° North, depth 2.07 km. Event id: ci39649056. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39649056. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/10/20 / 2020-10-02 06:08:50 / October 2, 2020 @ 6:08 am. The 3.66-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:08:50 / 6:08 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.07 km (1 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter 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), 58 km (36 miles) from Puebla (c. 8 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tecolots, Mecca, Oasis (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days eighty-five, in the past 30 days eighty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 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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