Minor earthquake, 3 mag has occurred near Ocotillo Wells in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Ocotillo Wells in CA on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.72 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:05:33 / 10:05 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/10/19 / 2019-10-29 18:05:33 / October 29, 2019 @ 6:05 pm. Exact location, longitude -115.9123306° West, latitude 32.9770012° North, depth = 9.72 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38922287. Id of event: ci38922287.

Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puebla, Mecca, Mexicali (min 5000 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Brawley CA Calexico El Centro Imperial Mecca Mexicali Mexico Ocotillo Wells Puebla United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.9123306° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.9770012° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.72 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	28km SE 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	2019-10-29 18:05:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-10-29 18:07:48	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	138	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	93	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.09975	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	28	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	ci38922287	Id of event.
Event Code	38922287	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci38922287,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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