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Minor earthquake, 2.82 mag strikes near Westmorland in CA


Earthquake location 33.1668333S, -115.7151667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Westmorland in CA on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37466141. Id of event: ci37466141. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.06 km (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/02/21 / 2021-02-10 01:24:52 / February 10, 2021 @ 1:24 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 0.06 km, -115.7151667° West, 33.1668333° North. The temblor was reported at 01:24:52 / 1:24 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Indio, Puebla, Coachella (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km NNW of Westmorland, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.82 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.7151667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.1668333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km NNW of Westmorland, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-10 01:24:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-11 16:57:30 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 122 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.07934 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 292 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 ci37466141 Id of event.
Event Code 37466141 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37466141, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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