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Minor earthquake: M2.92 quake has struck near Imperial in CA

Posted by admin on October 6, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.8678333S, -115.636WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Imperial in CA on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 01:16:03 / 1:16 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci37457237. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37457237. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.06 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/10/20 / 2020-10-01 01:16:03 / October 1, 2020 @ 1:16 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.636 West, latitude 32.8678333 North, depth = 11.06 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hermosillo, Delta, Tecolots. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-six, in the last 10 days ninety-six, in the past 30 days ninety-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km WNW of Imperial, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.92 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.636° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.8678333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km WNW of Imperial, 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 01:16:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-06 16:04:52 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 reviewed 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 131 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.07168 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 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 ci37457237 Id of event.
Event Code 37457237 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37457237, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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