Minor earthquake: M3.71 quake has struck near Brawley in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.71 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Brawley in CA on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 23:13:26 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.2 km (9 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -115.5371704° West, 32.9388351° North, depth 15.2 km. Event id: ci40591087. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40591087. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 23:13:26 / May 18, 2024 @ 11:13 pm.

Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Luis, Mecca, Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km S of Brawley, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Brawley CA Calexico Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota El Centro Guadalupe Victoria Mecca Mexicali Mexico San Luis United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.71 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.5371704° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.9388351° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	15.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km S of Brawley, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-18 23:13:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-18 23:20:43	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	4.084	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	212	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	78	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.0422	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	38	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mw	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci40591087	Id of event.
Event Code	40591087	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40591087,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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