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Minor earthquake, 2.86 mag was detected near Estacion Coahuila in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 31.9196667S, -114.9775WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Estacion Coahuila in B.C. in MX on Sunday. Unique identifier: ci37514335. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37514335. Global time and date of event 30/10/16 / 2016-10-30 14:33:21 / October 30, 2016 @ 2:33 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:33:21 / 7:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.24 km (18 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -114.9775 West, latitude 31.9196667 North, depth = 29.24 km.

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 Tecolots, Hermosillo, San Luis (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (c. 8 100 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Estación Coahuila (c. 7 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km S of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.86 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -114.9775° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.9196667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.24 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31km S 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 2016-10-30 14:33:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-30 14:37:11 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 automatic 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 126 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 5 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3911 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.27 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 254 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 ci37514335 Id of event.
Event Code 37514335 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37514335, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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