A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Brawley in CA on Saturday. Global time and date of event 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 16:02:19 / May 18, 2024 @ 4:02 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -115.5270004° West, latitude 32.9205017° North, depth = 9.73 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40590279. Id of event: ci40590279. The temblor was picked up at 16:02:19 / 4:02 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 9.73 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 33 km (21 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hermosillo, Delta, Tecolots. Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km S of Brawley, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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