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Minor earthquake, 3.42 mag has occurred near Estacion Coahuila in B.C. in MX

Posted by admin on October 6, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.5016667S, -114.351WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.42 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Estacion Coahuila in B.C. in MX. Event id: ci37711680. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37711680. The temblor was reported at 10:37:51 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.94 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, depth 5.94 km, -114.351° West, 31.5016667° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/16 / 2016-10-06 17:37:51 / October 6, 2016 @ 5:37 pm.

Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Puerto Peñasco (c. 33 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Peñasco, San Felipe (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 98 km SE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.42 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -114.351° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.5016667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98km SE of Estacion Coahuila, 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 2016-10-06 17:37:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-06 23:01:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 180 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 6 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6303 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 138 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 ci37711680 Id of event.
Event Code 37711680 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37711680, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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