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Minor earthquake: M3.39 quake has struck near Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 32.2166672S, -115.2304993WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX. Exact location of event, depth 12.61 km, -115.2304993° West, 32.2166672° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.61 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:13:42 / 8:13 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/01/17 / 2017-01-22 16:13:42 / January 22, 2017 @ 4:13 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37572335. Id of event: ci37572335.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yuma, Imperial, El Centro. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 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 one, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.39 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.2304993° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.2166672° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km WSW 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 2017-01-22 16:13:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-22 16:19:09 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 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 177 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1566 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 191 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 ci37572335 Id of event.
Event Code 37572335 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37572335, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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