Minor earthquake, 2.91 mag strikes near Ocotillo Wells in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Ocotillo Wells in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -116.1223297° West, 33.2423325° North, depth 11.56 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:09:52 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci40732199. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci40732199. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.56 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/09/24 / 2024-09-12 23:09:52 / September 12, 2024 @ 11:09 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palm Springs, Alpine, Ramona. Epicenter of the event was 54 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), 76 km (47 miles) from Palm Springs (c. 44 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA.

Alpine CA Cathedral City El Centro Indio Ocotillo Wells Palm Desert Palm Springs Ramona United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.91 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.1223297° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.2423325° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.56 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-12 23:09:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-12 23:12:26	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	130	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	105	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.09448	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	22	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	ci40732199	Id of event.
Event Code	40732199	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40732199,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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