A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: ci37254543. Event ids that are associated: ci37254543. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.17 km (3 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/10/15 / 2015-10-07 13:28:51 / October 7, 2015 @ 1:28 pm. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:28:51 / 6:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -115.2685013° West, 32.3916664° North, depth 5.17 km.
Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yuma, Brawley, Imperial (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 8 km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX.
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