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Minor earthquake, 3.56 mag was detected near Brawley in CA

Posted by admin on May 23, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.9378319S, -115.543335WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.56 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Brawley in CA on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -115.543335° West, latitude 32.9378319° North, depth = 14.8 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:38:00 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci40589719. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40589719. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 12:38:00 / May 18, 2024 @ 12:38 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.8 km (9 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guadalupe Victoria, Oasis, Hermosillo (min 5000 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 have been detected 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km SSW of Brawley, CA.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.56 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.543335° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.9378319° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km SSW 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 12:38:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-18 12:44:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.647 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 195 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 79 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0391 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 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 ci40589719 Id of event.
Event Code 40589719 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40589719, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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