A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.53 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Brawley in CA on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 16:30:18 / 4:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5351639 West, latitude 32.9418335 North, depth = 11.42 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 16:30:18 / May 18, 2024 @ 4:30 pm. Event id: ci40590383. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40590383. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.42 km (7 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guadalupe Victoria, Oasis, Hermosillo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 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), 4 km (3 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 4 km S of Brawley, CA.
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