A minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Brawley in CA on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -115.5423355° West, latitude 32.9280014° North, depth = 4.77 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 12:38:35 / May 18, 2024 @ 12:38 pm. Id of earthquake: ci40589727. Event ids that are associated: ci40589727. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.77 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 12:38:35 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oasis, Hermosillo, Delta (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 28 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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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