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Minor earthquake 2.81 mag, 85 km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX


Earthquake location 31.5183333S, -115.5076667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 85 km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX (53 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:54:22 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5076667 West, latitude 31.5183333 North, depth = 5.99 km. Event id: ci37370383. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37370383. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/06/16 / 2016-06-05 10:54:22 / June 5, 2016 @ 10:54 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.99 km (4 miles).

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

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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 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: 85 km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.81 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.5076667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.5183333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.99 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 85km 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 2016-06-05 10:54:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-06-06 23:30:40 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 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7388 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 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 ci37370383 Id of event.
Event Code 37370383 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37370383, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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