A light earthquake magnitude 4.05 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Westmorland in CA on Sunday. Unique identifier: ci37644544. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37644544. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.75 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/16 / 2016-07-31 16:21:05 / July 31, 2016 @ 4:21 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -115.7593307° West, latitude 32.9643326° North, depth = 2.75 km. The 4.05-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:21:05 / 4:21 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 27 km (16 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coachella, Delta, Tecolots (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 15 km WSW of Westmorland, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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