Minor earthquake 2.53 mag, 16 km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, Mexico

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.53 (mg/mb) has striked on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Alberto Oviedo Mota in Mexico. The temblor was reported at 11:01:05 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 29.57 km (18 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-21 07:01:05 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -115.3401667 West, latitude 32.2363333 North, depth 29.57 km.

Close countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Somerton, Imperial, El Centro.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.53 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.3401667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.2363333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	29.57 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, Mexico	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-01-21 19:01:05	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-01-21 19:05:16	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	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	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami		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	98	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	0.185	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.43 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	174	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	ci37307688	Id of event.
Event Code	37307688	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	ci37307688	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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