Minor earthquake: M2.96 quake has struck near Calipatria in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Calipatria in CA on Friday. The temblor was reported at 08:18:38 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci41019463. Event ids that are associated: ci41019463, ew1752221920. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -115.6399994 West, latitude 33.1603317 North, depth = 11.12 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/07/25 / 2025-07-11 08:18:38 / July 11, 2025 @ 8:18 am.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coachella, Puebla, Progreso. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (38 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 12 km WNW of Calipatria, CA.

Brawley CA Calexico Calipatria Coachella El Centro Mexicali Mexico Progreso Puebla United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.96 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.6399994° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.1603317° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.12 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 08:18:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-11 08:24:11	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	135	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,ew,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	69	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02664	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	41	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	ci41019463	Id of event.
Event Code	41019463	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci41019463,ew1752221920,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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