Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag has occurred near Calipatria in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Calipatria in CA. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.79 km (5 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:43:57 / 11:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/07/17 / 2017-07-26 19:43:57 / July 26, 2017 @ 7:43 pm. Id of earthquake: ci37713463. Event ids that are associated: ci37713463. Exact location of earthquake, -115.645668° West, 33.1653328° North, depth 7.79 km.

The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from La Quinta (c. 37 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Quinta, Indio, Coachella. Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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CA Calexico Calipatria Coachella El Centro Indio La Quinta Mexicali Mexico United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.645668° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.1653328° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.79 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13km WNW of Calipatria, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-07-26 19:43:57	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-07-26 19:55:33	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.83	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	199	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	84	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02627	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.23 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	mw	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci37713463	Id of event.
Event Code	37713463	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37713463,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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