Light earthquake 4.01 mag, 6 km W of Calipatria, CA

A light earthquake magnitude 4.01 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Calipatria in CA. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39641888. Id of event: ci39641888. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.57 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5820007 West, latitude 33.1256676 North, depth = 11.57 km. The 4.01-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:11:04 / 1:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/10/20 / 2020-10-01 01:11:04 / October 1, 2020 @ 1:11 am.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Quinta, Indio, Tecolots. Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from La Quinta (c. 37 500 pop).

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

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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: 6 km W of Calipatria, CA. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

CA Calexico Calipatria Coachella El Centro Indio La Quinta Mexicali Mexico Tecolots United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.01 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.5820007° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.1256676° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.57 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km W of Calipatria, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-10-01 01:11:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-01 01:31:34	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	reviewed	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	247	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.05142	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.15 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	214	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	ci39641888	Id of event.
Event Code	39641888	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci39641888,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.01 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-115.5820007° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

33.1256676° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

11.57 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

6km W of Calipatria, CA

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2020-10-01 01:11:04

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2020-10-01 01:31:34

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

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

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

247

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.05142

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.15 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

214

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

ci39641888

Id of event.

Event Code

39641888

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,ci39641888,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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