A minor earthquake magnitude 3.52 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Calipatria in CA on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.6251678 West, latitude 33.1375008 North, depth = 5.22 km. Unique identifier: ci38199368. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38199368. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.22 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/06/18 / 2018-06-17 18:34:58 / June 17, 2018 @ 6:34 pm. The 3.52-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:34:58 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coachella, Puebla, Mecca (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 10 km W of Calipatria, CA.
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