A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Bombay Beach in California on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -115.6864° West, 33.2248° North, depth 8 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: ew18467_8741. Unique identifier: ew18467_8741. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/03/25 / 2025-03-14 17:26:17 / March 14, 2025 @ 5:26 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 17:26:17 / 5:26 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8 km (5 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cathedral City, Thousand Palms, Rancho Mirage (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km SSE of Bombay Beach, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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