Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 10 km ESE of Esqueda, Mexico

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Esqueda in Mexico on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 23:52:13 / 11:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -109.492° West, latitude 30.6851° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/02/21 / 2021-02-04 23:52:13 / February 4, 2021 @ 11:52 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000deje. Event ids that are associated: us6000deje.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Agua Prieta (c. 68 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Douglas (c. 17 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Nacozari Viejo (c. 11 900 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Esqueda (c. 6 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Douglas, Agua Prieta, Nacozari Viejo (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km ESE of Esqueda, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-109.492° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	30.6851° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km ESE of Esqueda, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-02-04 23:52:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-02-05 00:32:51	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	121	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.711	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	200	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	us6000deje	Id of event.
Event Code	6000deje	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000deje,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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