Minor earthquake: M3.25 quake has struck near Holtville in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Holtville in CA. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 14:03:29 / December 27, 2024 @ 2:03 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 14:03:29 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.95 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 11.95 km, -115.472168° West, 32.8195° North. All ids that are associated to the event: ci40828887, ew1735308210. Unique identifier: ci40828887.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yuma, San Luis Río Colorado, Somerton. The epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km W of Holtville, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Calexico El Centro Holtville Mexicali Mexico San Luis Río Colorado Somerton United States Yuma

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.25 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.472168° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.8195° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.95 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km W of Holtville, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-27 14:03:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-27 14:06:42	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	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	163	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	62	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02563	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.36 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	41	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	ci40828887	Id of event.
Event Code	40828887	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40828887,ew1735308210,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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