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Minor earthquake, 3.29 mag was detected near Calipatria in CA


Earthquake location 33.1655006S, -115.6169968WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Calipatria in CA on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.45 km (5 miles). Unique identifier: ci39442119. Ids that are associated to the event: ci39442119. Global time and date of event 22/10/20 / 2020-10-22 21:02:15 / October 22, 2020 @ 9:02 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.29-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:02:15 / 9:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.6169968 West, latitude 33.1655006 North, depth = 7.45 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coachella, Puebla, Progreso. The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-four 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km WNW of Calipatria, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.29 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.6169968° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.1655006° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km WNW of Calipatria, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-22 21:02:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-22 21:04:36 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 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 167 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.01199 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 ci39442119 Id of event.
Event Code 39442119 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39442119, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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