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Minor earthquake, 2.81 mag strikes near Maneadero in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 31.2498333S, -115.6818333WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Maneadero in B.C. in MX on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37246983. Id of event: ci37246983. The temblor was picked up at 10:46:51 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 17:46:51 / September 22, 2015 @ 5:46 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.96 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -115.6818333 West, latitude 31.2498333 North, depth = 5.96 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicente Guerrero, Emiliano Zapata, Camalú. Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Vicente Guerrero (c. 12 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Camalú (c. 7 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Emiliano Zapata (c. 5 800 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 99 km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.81 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.6818333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.2498333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 99km ESE of Maneadero, 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 2015-09-22 17:46:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-23 18:07:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 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 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 121 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7431 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 201 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 ci37246983 Id of event.
Event Code 37246983 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37246983, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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