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Minor earthquake 2.88 mag, 101 km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX


Earthquake location 31.3443333S, -115.4285WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 101 kilometers (63 miles) from Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX on Friday. Event id: ci37222367. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37222367. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/08/15 / 2015-08-07 13:34:13 / August 7, 2015 @ 1:34 pm. The temblor was reported at 06:34:13 / 6:34 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 11.469 km (7 miles). Exact location, longitude -115.4285° West, latitude 31.3443333° North, depth = 11.469 km.

Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Felipe (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 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. 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: 101 km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.88 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.4285° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.3443333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.469 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 101km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-07 13:34:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-07 17:49:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 reviewed 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 128 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5817 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 192 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 ci37222367 Id of event.
Event Code 37222367 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37222367, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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