Light earthquake: M4.31 quake has struck near Bombay Beach in CA

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.31 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Bombay Beach in CA on Monday. Global time and date of event 26/09/16 / 2016-09-26 14:31:08 / September 26, 2016 @ 2:31 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37700296. Id of event: ci37700296. The temblor was reported at 07:31:08 / 7:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -115.7086639 West, latitude 33.3014984 North, depth = 8.34 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.34 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puebla, Cathedral City, Thousand Palms (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Bombay Beach CA Cathedral City Coachella El Centro Indio Mexicali Mexico Palm Desert Puebla Thousand Palms United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.31 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.7086639° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.3014984° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.34 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-09-26 14:31:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-09-26 14:42:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	16	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.92	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	291	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	94	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.06538	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	36	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	ci37700296	Id of event.
Event Code	37700296	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37700296,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.31 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-115.7086639° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

33.3014984° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

8.34 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

6km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA

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

Time

2016-09-26 14:31:08

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-09-26 14:42:24

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

-420

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

3.1

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

4.92

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

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

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

291

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

0.06538

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

Root Mean Square

0.25 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

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

ci37700296

Id of event.

Event Code

37700296

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

Event IDS

,ci37700296,

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

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