Magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes near Brawley, Imperial County, California, USA
4.0 quake 23 Aug 7:57 am (GMT -7)

Just 12 minutes ago, a 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Brawley, Imperial County, California, USA. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Monday 23 August 2021 at 7:57 am local time, at a very shallow depth of 4.1 miles below the surface.
The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey, the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.0 as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Westmorland (pop. 2,300) located 7 miles from the epicenter, Calipatria (pop. 7,400) 7 miles away, and Brawley (pop. 25,900) 13 miles away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Imperial (pop. 17,100) located 21 miles from the epicenter, El Centro (pop. 44,000) 24 miles away, Calexico (pop. 40,100) 33 miles away, Coachella (pop. 44,600) 48 miles away, Indio (pop. 87,500) 52 miles away, and La Quinta (pop. 40,500) 53 miles away.


Earthquake data:
Date & time: 23 Aug 2021 7:57 am (GMT -7) local time (23 Aug 2021 14:57 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.0
Depth: 6.6 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 33.14°N / 115.64°W (Imperial, California, United States)
Primary data source: USGS
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