Minor earthquake, 3 mag strikes near Calipatria in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Calipatria in CA on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 13:45:18 / 1:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5995026 West, latitude 33.161499 North, depth = 3.73 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.73 km (2 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci41001816, ew1734183920. Id of event: ci41001816. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/24 / 2024-12-14 13:45:18 / December 14, 2024 @ 1:45 pm.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coachella, Puebla, Progreso.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 9 km WNW of Calipatria, CA.

Brawley CA Calexico Calipatria Coachella El Centro Mexicali Mexico Progreso Puebla United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.5995026° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.161499° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3.73 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km WNW of Calipatria, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-14 13:45:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-14 13:47:44	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	138	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,ew,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	77	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.0209	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	43	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	ci41001816	Id of event.
Event Code	41001816	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci41001816,ew1734183920,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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