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Minor earthquake: M3.76 quake has struck near Rosarito in B.C. in MX

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.76 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Rosarito in B.C. in MX on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.873 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ci37228879. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37228879. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/08/15 / 2015-08-17 07:39:10 / August 17, 2015 @ 7:39 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -117.711 West, latitude 32.1926667 North, depth = 25.873 km. The 3.76-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:39:10 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Jolla, Bonita, National City (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Tijuana (c. 1 376 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Diego (c. 1 307 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Chula Vista (c. 243 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Rosarito (c. 66 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from National City (c. 58 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Jolla (c. 42 800 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km WSW of Rosarito, B.C., MX. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

B.C.Bonita Chula Vista La Jolla Mexico MX National City Rosarito San Diego Tijuana United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.76 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-117.711° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.1926667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	25.873 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	66km WSW of Rosarito, 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	2015-08-17 07:39:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-08-18 07:08:51	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	68	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	2.55	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	239	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	30	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.6397	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.19 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	209	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	ci37228879	Id of event.
Event Code	37228879	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37228879,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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