Light earthquake, 4.15 mag strikes near Bombay Beach in CA

A light earthquake magnitude 4.15 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Bombay Beach in CA. Exact location of earthquake, -115.7031631° West, 33.3098335° North, depth 8.01 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/16 / 2016-09-27 03:36:15 / September 27, 2016 @ 3:36 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.01 km (5 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ci37701632. Unique identifier: ci37701632. The 4.15-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:36:15 / 8:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Puebla, Cathedral City, Thousand Palms.

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 thirteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA.

Bombay Beach CA Cathedral City Coachella El Centro Indio Mexicali Mexico Palm Desert Puebla Thousand Palms United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.15 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.7031631° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.3098335° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.01 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-09-27 03:36:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-09-27 03:47:01	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	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	265	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	94	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.04955	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	41	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	ci37701632	Id of event.
Event Code	37701632	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37701632,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.15 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-115.7031631° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

33.3098335° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

8.01 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

5km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2016-09-27 03:36:15

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-09-27 03:47:01

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-420

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

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

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

265

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.04955

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.3 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

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

ci37701632

Id of event.

Event Code

37701632

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,ci37701632,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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