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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 31.33S, -115.4638333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 104 kilometers (65 miles) from Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -115.4638333 West, latitude 31.33 North, depth = 4.089 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.089 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:06:56 / 1:06 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 08:06:56 / August 5, 2015 @ 8:06 am. Id of earthquake: ci37220799. Event ids that are associated: ci37220799.

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (43 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Felipe (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 104 km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.4638333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.33° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.089 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 104km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, 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 2015-08-05 08:06:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-06 20:53:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 130 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 14 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6007 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 180 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 ci37220799 Id of event.
Event Code 37220799 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37220799, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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