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Light earthquake, 4.2673 mag was detected near Westmorland in California


Earthquake location 33.0445S, -115.572WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2673 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Westmorland in California on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -115.572° West, 33.0445° North, depth 9 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:31:51 / 11:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/09/20 / 2020-09-30 23:31:51 / September 30, 2020 @ 11:31 pm. Id of earthquake: ew1601508712. Event ids that are associated: ew1601508712. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coachella, Hermosillo, Delta. The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Imperial (c. 14 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km E of Westmorland, California. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2673 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.572° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.0445° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km E of Westmorland, California Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-30 23:31:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-30 23:32:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 280 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ew The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ew, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 ew1601508712 Id of event.
Event Code 1601508712 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1601508712, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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