A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Borrego Springs in CA. Exact location of event, depth 11.04 km, -116.2845001° West, 33.2970009° North. Unique identifier: ci40787359. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40787359. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/11/24 / 2024-11-04 17:52:17 / November 4, 2024 @ 5:52 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.04 km (7 miles). The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:52:17 / 5:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Palm Springs (c. 44 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakeside, Desert Hot Springs, Valle Vista (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 10 km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA.
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