A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Niland in CA. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.83 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 2.83 km, -115.5641632° West, 33.213501° North. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:50:24 / 1:50 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci41253160. Event ids that are associated: ci41253160. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 01:50:24 / August 5, 2025 @ 1:50 am.
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, Puebla, Progreso. Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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: 5 km SW of Niland, CA. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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