Minor earthquake, 3.44 mag was detected near Brawley in California

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.44 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Brawley in California. Global time and date of event 02/07/15 / 2015-07-02 19:38:39 / July 2, 2015 @ 7:38 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 12:38:39 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.09 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci37196663. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37196663. Exact location of earthquake, -115.5806656° West, 32.9813347° North, depth 11.09 km.

Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hermosillo, Mecca, Delta. Nearby 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km W of Brawley, California. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.44 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.5806656° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.9813347° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.09 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km W of Brawley, California	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-07-02 19:38:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-07-02 19:50:00	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.3	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	reviewed	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	183	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,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	70	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05678	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	35	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	ci37196663	Id of event.
Event Code	37196663	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37196663,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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