A light earthquake with magnitude 4.32 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX. Exact location of earthquake, -115.1916656° West, 32.3969994° North, depth 29.2 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/06/24 / 2024-06-05 08:42:42 / June 5, 2024 @ 8:42 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1717576970, ci40614631. Id of event: ci40614631. The temblor was detected at 08:42:42 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.2 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calipatria, Fortuna Foothills, Brawley (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Fortuna Foothills (c. 26 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days fifty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. 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: 5 km N of Delta, B.C., MX.
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