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Minor earthquake, 3.69 mag was detected near Brawley in CA


Earthquake location 32.9438324S, -115.5408325WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.69 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Brawley in CA on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -115.5408325 West, latitude 32.9438324 North, depth = 11.69 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 15:52:13 / May 18, 2024 @ 3:52 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.69 km (7 miles). The 3.69-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:52:13 / 3:52 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ew1716047540, ci40590231. Unique identifier: ci40590231.

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 4 km (2 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). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mecca, Guadalupe Victoria, Oasis (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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km SSW of Brawley, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.69 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.5408325° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.9438324° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.69 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 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 15:52:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-18 16:00:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.139 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 ,ew,ci, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 83 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.04543 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 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 ci40590231 Id of event.
Event Code 40590231 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1716047540,ci40590231, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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