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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag has occurred near Tijuana in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 32.5019989S, -116.9758301WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Tijuana in B.C. in MX on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.47 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 01/04/17 / 2017-04-01 06:40:44 / April 1, 2017 @ 6:40 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37845672. Id of event: ci37845672. Exact location of event, depth 10.47 km, -116.9758301° West, 32.5019989° North. The temblor was reported at 22:40:44 / 10:40 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 3 km (2 miles) from Tijuana (c. 1 376 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from San Diego (c. 1 307 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Chula Vista (c. 243 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 105 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vista, Carlsbad, Valley Center.

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km SE of Tijuana, B.C., MX.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.9758301° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.5019989° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.47 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km SE of Tijuana, 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 2017-04-01 06:40:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-04-01 06:53:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 329 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.18 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 340 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 74 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.0668 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mlr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ci37845672 Id of event.
Event Code 37845672 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37845672, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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