Minor earthquake, 3.17 mag has occurred near El Sauzal in Mexico

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from El Sauzal in Mexico. The temblor was detected at 14:30:13 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -117.0838318 West, latitude 31.8376675 North, depth = 14.79 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.79 km (9 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/17 / 2017-07-20 22:30:13 / July 20, 2017 @ 10:30 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ci37708207. Unique identifier: ci37708207.

Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Tijuana (c. 1 376 500 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Rosarito (c. 66 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Pórticos de San Antonio (c. 34 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Terrazas del Valle (c. 20 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Niño, Terrazas del Valle, Maclovio Rojas (min 5000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 38 km W of El Sauzal, Mexico.

El Niño El Sauzal Ensenada Maclovio Rojas Mexico Pórticos de San Antonio Rosarito Terrazas del Valle Tijuana

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.17 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-117.0838318° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.8376675° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.79 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38km W of El Sauzal, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-07-20 22:30:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-07-20 22:32:24	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	155	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	22	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3582	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.19 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	247	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	ci37708207	Id of event.
Event Code	37708207	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37708207,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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