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Light earthquake 4.44 mag, 32 km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX


Earthquake location 31.9634991S, -116.2971649WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.44 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Ensenada in B.C. in MX on Wednesday. The 4.44-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:17:57 / 12:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.93 km (9 miles). Unique identifier: ci38230144. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38230144, at00pcfv1v. Exact location, longitude -116.2971649° West, latitude 31.9634991° North, depth = 13.93 km. Global time and date of event 25/07/18 / 2018-07-25 20:17:57 / July 25, 2018 @ 8:17 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Ensenada in B.C. in MX (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Progreso, Tijuana, Quinta del Cedro (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Tijuana (c. 1 376 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Rosarito (c. 66 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tecate (c. 58 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Pórticos de San Antonio (c. 34 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Terrazas del Valle (c. 20 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.44 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.2971649° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.9634991° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32km ENE of Ensenada, 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 2018-07-25 20:17:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-25 20:20:19 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 1 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 303 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,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 45 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2996 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 ci38230144 Id of event.
Event Code 38230144 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38230144,at00pcfv1v, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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