Minor earthquake, 3.06 mag has occurred near Brawley in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Brawley in CA on Monday. The temblor was reported at 08:43:27 / 8:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 08:43:27 / May 20, 2024 @ 8:43 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40593359. Id of event: ci40593359. Exact location of event, depth 10.72 km, -115.533165° West, 32.9211655° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.72 km (7 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). 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), 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).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 6 km S of Brawley, CA.

Brawley CA Calexico Delta El Centro Hermosillo Imperial Mexicali Mexico Tecolots United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.06 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.533165° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.9211655° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.72 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 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	2024-05-20 08:43:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-20 08:45:48	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	144	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	69	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03037	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	40	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	ci40593359	Id of event.
Event Code	40593359	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40593359,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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