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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Ocotillo Wells in CA

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Earthquake location 33.0306664S, -116.0029984WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Ocotillo Wells in CA. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.0029984 West, latitude 33.0306664 North, depth = 11.98 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 12:17:36 / May 20, 2024 @ 12:17 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ci40593503. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40593503, ew1716207460. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.98 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 12:17:36 / 12:17 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tecate (c. 58 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Santee (c. 53 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santee, Rancho San Diego, Bostonia (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourty-one, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.0029984° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.0306664° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km SE 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 2024-05-20 12:17:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-20 12:19:44 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 284 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,ew, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 105 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1462 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 22 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mlr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci40593503 Id of event.
Event Code 40593503 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40593503,ew1716207460, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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