Minor earthquake, 3.06 mag strikes near Ocotillo Wells in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Ocotillo Wells in CA. The temblor was reported at 18:18:21 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.91 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: ci40997000. Event ids that are associated: ci40997000. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/12/24 / 2024-12-07 18:18:21 / December 7, 2024 @ 6:18 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -116.1806641 West, latitude 33.1893349 North, depth = 5.91 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palm Springs, Lakeside, Thousand Palms (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Palm Springs (c. 44 600 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop).

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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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: 7 km NW of Ocotillo Wells, CA.

CA Cathedral City El Centro Indio Lakeside Ocotillo Wells Palm Desert Palm Springs Thousand Palms United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.06 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.1806641° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.1893349° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.91 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km NW 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	2024-12-07 18:18:21	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-07 18:20:30	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	144	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	115	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03522	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.19 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	24	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	ci40997000	Id of event.
Event Code	40997000	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40997000,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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