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Minor earthquake: M2.99 quake has struck near Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX

Posted by admin on December 10, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.8403333S, -115.7205WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.7205 West, latitude 31.8403333 North, depth = 5.68 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.68 km (4 miles). The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:16:23 / 6:16 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/12/15 / 2015-12-10 14:16:23 / December 10, 2015 @ 2:16 pm. Event id: ci37500640. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37500640.

Event epicenter was 76 km (48 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (c. 8 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Estación Coahuila (c. 7 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Benito García (El Zorrillo) (c. 6 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Delta (c. 5 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Estación Coahuila, Ciudad Coahuila (Kilómetro Cincuenta y Siete), Benito García (El Zorrillo). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 67 km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.99 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.7205° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.8403333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67km SW 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 2015-12-10 14:16:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-10 14:32:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 138 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.6766 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 224 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 ci37500640 Id of event.
Event Code 37500640 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37500640, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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