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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag has occurred near Ocotillo Wells in CA

Posted by admin on October 20, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 33.0051651S, -116.2898331WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Ocotillo Wells in CA. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.8 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, depth 6.8 km, -116.2898331° West, 33.0051651° North. Unique identifier: ci39669176. Ids that are associated to the event: ci39669176. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:30:46 / 10:30 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/10/20 / 2020-10-20 10:30:46 / October 20, 2020 @ 10:30 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from El Cajon (c. 99 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from San Marcos (c. 83 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Tecate (c. 58 300 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Marcos, Rancho Mirage, Calexico (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one hundred and three and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.2898331° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.0051651° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-20 10:30:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-20 10:34:32 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 3.38 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 178 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 113 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0517 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 ci39669176 Id of event.
Event Code 39669176 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39669176, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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