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Minor earthquake: M2.98 quake has struck near Estacion Coahuila in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 32.1103325S, -115.0603333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Estacion Coahuila in B.C. in MX on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/04/19 / 2019-04-30 15:13:21 / April 30, 2019 @ 3:13 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -115.0603333° West, latitude 32.1103325° North, depth = 15.65 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.65 km (10 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ci38338687. Unique identifier: ci38338687. The temblor was reported at 07:13:21 / 7:13 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calexico, Progreso, Mexicali. Event epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-eight 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km SSW of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.98 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.0603333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.1103325° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km SSW of Estacion Coahuila, 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 2019-04-30 15:13:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-30 15:15:34 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 137 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1925 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 153 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 ci38338687 Id of event.
Event Code 38338687 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38338687, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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