A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/15 / 2015-12-20 02:47:46 / December 20, 2015 @ 2:47 am. Exact location of event, longitude -115.1661667 West, latitude 32.0826667 North, depth = 22.86 km. Unique identifier: ci37286815. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37286815. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 22.86 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 18:47:46 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calexico, Somerton, Progreso (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 16 km S of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX.
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