Minor earthquake, 2.97 mag has occurred near Ensenada in B.C. in MX

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Ensenada in B.C. in MX. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:25:06 / 10:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.05 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, depth 6.05 km, -115.9246674° West, 32.0076675° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/25 / 2025-05-04 10:25:06 / May 4, 2025 @ 10:25 am. Event id: ci41144592. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci41144592.

The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from El Sauzal (c. 9 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (c. 8 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Benito García (El Zorrillo) (c. 6 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Delta, Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota, El Sauzal (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

Each 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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-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.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

B.C.Benito García (El Zorrillo)Delta Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota El Sauzal Ensenada Mexico MX Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.97 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.9246674° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.0076675° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.05 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	67 km 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	2025-05-04 10:25:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-04 10:28:52	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	136	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	22	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.02003	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.36 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	136	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	ci41144592	Id of event.
Event Code	41144592	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci41144592,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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