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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Brawley in CA

Posted by admin on May 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.9196663S, -115.5371704WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Brawley in CA on Saturday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:58:56 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.95 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -115.5371704° West, 32.9196663° North, depth 10.95 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 18:58:56 / May 18, 2024 @ 6:58 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40590711. Id of event: ci40590711.

Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hermosillo, Delta, Tecolots. The epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 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. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km S of Brawley, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.5371704° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.9196663° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.95 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 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 18:58:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-18 19:01:04 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 121 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.02686 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci40590711 Id of event.
Event Code 40590711 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40590711, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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