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Minor earthquake, 2.98 mag has occurred near Progreso in B.C. in MX

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Progreso in B.C. in MX on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.24 km (3 miles). Exact location, longitude -115.6433334° West, latitude 32.524334° North, depth = 5.24 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/16 / 2016-12-20 19:11:51 / December 20, 2016 @ 7:11 pm. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:11:51 / 11:11 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ci37767960. Unique identifier: ci37767960.

Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Estación Coahuila, Ciudad Coahuila (Kilómetro Cincuenta y Siete), Calipatria (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 8 km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX.

B.C.Brawley Calexico Calipatria Ciudad Coahuila (Kilómetro Cincuenta y Siete)El Centro Estacion Coahuila Guadalupe Victoria Mexicali Mexico MX Progreso United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.98 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.6433334° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.524334° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.24 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8km SW of Progreso, 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	2016-12-20 19:11:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-20 19:14:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	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	137	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	43	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.143	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	78	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	ci37767960	Id of event.
Event Code	37767960	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37767960,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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