Minor earthquake, 3.02 mag has occurred near Salton City in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Salton City in CA on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 08:29:32 / 8:29 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 2.24 km (1 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/08/24 / 2024-08-04 08:29:32 / August 4, 2024 @ 8:29 am. Exact location of event, depth 2.24 km, -116.0473328° West, 33.2301674° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40861552. Id of event: ci40861552.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Holtville, San Diego Country Estates, Thousand Palms (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 11 km SW of Salton City, CA.

CA Cathedral City Coachella El Centro Holtville Indio Palm Desert Salton City San Diego Country Estates Thousand Palms United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.02 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.0473328° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.2301674° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.24 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km SW 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	2024-08-04 08:29:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-04 08:34:10	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	automatic	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	141	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	121	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.08123	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	19	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	ci40861552	Id of event.
Event Code	40861552	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40861552,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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