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Minor earthquake, 3.21 mag has occurred near Ocotillo Wells in CA


Earthquake location 33.0476685S, -115.9293365WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Ocotillo Wells in CA. Exact location, longitude -115.9293365° West, latitude 33.0476685° North, depth = 1.28 km. The temblor was reported at 06:33:23 / 6:33 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci38172320. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38172320. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.28 km (1 miles). Global time and date of event 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 14:33:23 / May 13, 2018 @ 2:33 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Diego Country Estates, Indio, La Quinta. 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 22 km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.21 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.9293365° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.0476685° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-13 14:33:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-13 14:35:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 automatic 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 159 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 107 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1128 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 23 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci38172320 Id of event.
Event Code 38172320 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38172320, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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