A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Brawley in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.72 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:06:34 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 2.72 km, -115.5453339° West, 32.9301682° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 23:06:34 / May 18, 2024 @ 11:06 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40591079. Id of event: ci40591079.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oasis, Hermosillo, Delta (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 6 km (3 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km SSW of Brawley, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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