A minor earthquake magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Brawley in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -115.5333328° West, 32.9241676° North, depth 10.41 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.41 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:17:33 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci40589495. Unique identifier: ci40589495. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 10:17:33 / May 18, 2024 @ 10:17 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hermosillo, Delta, Tecolots. Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 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). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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.
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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: 6 km S of Brawley, CA.
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