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Minor earthquake, 3.41 mag has occurred near Salton City in CA


Earthquake location 33.2555008S, -116.0853348WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Salton City in CA on Sunday. The 3.41-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:17:01 / 7:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 9.24 km, -116.0853348° West, 33.2555008° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.24 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40808000. Id of event: ci40808000. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/24 / 2024-06-23 19:17:01 / June 23, 2024 @ 7:17 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Palm Springs (c. 44 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Garnet, Holtville, Alpine. Close country/countries, 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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: 13 km WSW of Salton City, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.41 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.0853348° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.2555008° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km WSW of Salton City, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-06-23 19:17:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-23 19:25:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 9 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 reviewed 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 182 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 112 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1212 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 20 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 ci40808000 Id of event.
Event Code 40808000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci40808000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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