A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Brawley in California on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 13:28:19 / 1:28 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci38022776. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38022776. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5303345 West, latitude 32.9536667 North, depth = 10.61 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.61 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/10/17 / 2017-10-10 21:28:19 / October 10, 2017 @ 9:28 pm.
The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oasis, Hermosillo, Delta (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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