A light earthquake with magnitude 4.56 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 11:58:40 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/06/24 / 2024-06-05 11:58:40 / June 5, 2024 @ 11:58 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.66 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci40614823. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1717588720, ci40614823. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.1918335 West, latitude 32.4321671 North, depth = 15.66 km.
Event epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Fortuna Foothills (c. 26 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calipatria, Fortuna Foothills, Brawley. Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eleven, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 9 km N of Delta, B.C., MX.
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