A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Ensenada in B.C. in MX on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 01:21:00 / 1:21 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci37670408. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37670408. Exact location, longitude -116.2421667° West, latitude 32.0098333° North, depth = 0.3 km. Global time and date of event 24/08/16 / 2016-08-24 08:21:00 / August 24, 2016 @ 8:21 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.3 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tecate (c. 58 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Terrazas del Valle (c. 20 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Villa del Campo (c. 13 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Terrazas del Valle, El Niño, Maclovio Rojas.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 39 km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX.
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