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Minor earthquake: M3.25 quake has struck near Maneadero in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 31.4706667S, -115.711WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Maneadero in B.C. in MX. Exact location of event, depth 8.38 km, -115.711° West, 31.4706667° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.38 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 16:35:19 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci39347847. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci39347847. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/08/20 / 2020-08-17 16:35:19 / August 17, 2020 @ 4:35 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Camalú (c. 7 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Benito García (El Zorrillo) (c. 6 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Benito García (El Zorrillo), Camalú. Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. 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: 86 km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.25 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.711° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.4706667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86km ESE 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 2020-08-17 16:35:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-17 17:29:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 163 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5695 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 238 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 ci39347847 Id of event.
Event Code 39347847 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci39347847, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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