Minor earthquake, 3.24 mag strikes near Progreso in B.C. in MX

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Progreso in B.C. in MX. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37907887. Id of event: ci37907887. The temblor was reported at 16:23:15 / 4:23 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/04/18 / 2018-04-05 00:23:15 / April 5, 2018 @ 12:23 am. Exact location of earthquake, -115.7454987° West, 32.6209984° North, depth 10.2 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.2 km (6 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km (17 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Brawley (c. 25 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hermosillo, Tecolots, Guadalupe Victoria. Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. 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: 16 km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX.

B.C.Brawley Calexico El Centro Guadalupe Victoria Hermosillo Mexicali Mexico MX Progreso Tecolots United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.24 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.7454987° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.6209984° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16km WNW 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	2018-04-05 00:23:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-04-05 00:26:21	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	162	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	73	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.03253	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.33 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	109	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	ci37907887	Id of event.
Event Code	37907887	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37907887,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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