A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Ocotillo Wells in CA on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/01/25 / 2025-01-15 14:03:58 / January 15, 2025 @ 2:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.0458298 West, latitude 33.1676674 North, depth = 4.29 km. The temblor was detected at 14:03:58 / 2:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.29 km (3 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ci40840015. Unique identifier: ci40840015.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cathedral City, Progreso, Ramona. Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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: 8 km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CA.
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