Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

Southern California Seismic Network: a cooperative project of
U.S. Geological Survey, Pasadena California
Caltech Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, California

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Version #5: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

A micro earthquake occurred at 3:36:06 PM (PDT) on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.
The magnitude 1.5 event occurred 7 km (4 miles) NE (51 degrees) of Imperial, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 10 km ( 6 miles).

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Magnitude	1.5 - local magnitude (Ml)
Time	Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 3:36:06 PM (PDT) Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 22:36:06 (UTC)
Distance from	Imperial, CA - 7 km (4 miles) NE (51 degrees) Brawley, CA - 10 km (7 miles) S (172 degrees) El Centro, CA - 12 km (7 miles) NNE (21 degrees) Holtville, CA - 15 km (9 miles) NW (304 degrees) Heber, CA - 17 km (11 miles) N (5 degrees)
Coordinates	32 deg. 53.1 min. N (32.886N), 115 deg. 30.8 min. W (115.514W)
Depth	9.69 km (6.00 miles)
Quality	Good
Location Quality Parameters	Nst=31, Nph=52, Dmin=4.7 km, Rmss=0.21 sec, Erho=0.3 km, Erzz=0.46 km, Gp=40 degrees
Event ID#	ci41488584
Additional Information	Map

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