A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Brawley in CA on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.68 km (7 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:50:06 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/17 / 2017-01-01 02:50:06 / January 1, 2017 @ 2:50 am. Event id: ci37776336. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37776336. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5439987 West, latitude 32.9776649 North, depth = 10.68 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hermosillo, Delta, Oasis. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 1 km (1 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 1 km W of Brawley, CA.
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