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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Bombay Beach in California


Earthquake location 33.2248S, -115.6864WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.6864° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.2248° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km SSE of Bombay Beach, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-14 17:26:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-14 17:26:18 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 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ew The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ew, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 4 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ew18467_8741 Id of event.
Event Code 18467_8741 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew18467_8741, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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