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Minor earthquake 3.03 mag, 14 km SW of Westmorland, California


Earthquake location 32.9539986S, -115.7338333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Westmorland in California. The 3.03-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:05:46 / 12:05 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci37265103. Event ids that are associated: ci37265103. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.12 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.7338333 West, latitude 32.9539986 North, depth = 10.12 km. Global time and date of event 29/10/15 / 2015-10-29 00:05:46 / October 29, 2015 @ 12:05 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mecca, Oasis, Puebla (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop).

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 fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 14 km SW of Westmorland, California.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.03 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.7338333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.9539986° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km SW of Westmorland, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-10-29 00:05:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-10-29 00:07:57 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 141 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05624 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.31 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 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 ci37265103 Id of event.
Event Code 37265103 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37265103, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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