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Minor earthquake 3.54 mag, 44 km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX


Earthquake location 31.7981663S, -116.114502WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.54 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Maneadero in B.C. in MX. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 10:22:30 / February 20, 2018 @ 10:22 am. The 3.54-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:22:30 / 2:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.114502 West, latitude 31.7981663 North, depth = 11.65 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38112440. Unique identifier: ci38112440. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.65 km (7 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (29 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from El Sauzal (c. 9 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Benito García (El Zorrillo) (c. 6 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Sauzal, Ensenada, Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 44 km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.54 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.114502° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.7981663° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km ENE of Maneadero, 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 2018-02-20 10:22:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-20 10:30:30 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 3.15 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 193 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.25 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 ci38112440 Id of event.
Event Code 38112440 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38112440, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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