Light earthquake, 4.34 mag was detected near Calipatria in CA

A light earthquake magnitude 4.34 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Calipatria in CA. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.61 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:55:42 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.6393356 West, latitude 33.1651649 North, depth = 10.61 km. Unique identifier: ci41019687. Ids that are associated to the event: ci41019687. Global time and date of event 11/07/25 / 2025-07-11 09:55:42 / July 11, 2025 @ 9:55 am UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Palm Desert, Tecolots, Bermuda Dunes (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (39 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 12 km WNW of Calipatria, CA.

Bermuda Dunes CA Calexico Calipatria Coachella El Centro Indio Mexicali Mexico Palm Desert Tecolots United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.34 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.6393356° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.1651649° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.61 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km WNW 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	2025-07-11 09:55:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-11 10:01:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.866	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	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	103	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.06629	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	51	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	ci41019687	Id of event.
Event Code	41019687	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci41019687,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.34 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-115.6393356° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

33.1651649° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10.61 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

12 km WNW 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

2025-07-11 09:55:42

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-07-11 10:01:24

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

3.8

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

4.866

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

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

103

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

Horizontal Distance

0.06629

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

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

ci41019687

Id of event.

Event Code

41019687

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

Event IDS

,ci41019687,

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

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