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Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag was detected near Delta in B.C. in MX

Posted by admin on December 13, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.401165S, -115.245163WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/12/15 / 2015-12-13 04:36:16 / December 13, 2015 @ 4:36 am. The temblor was picked up at 20:36:16 / 8:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -115.245163° West, 32.401165° North, depth 2.89 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.89 km (2 miles). Unique identifier: ci37501352. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37501352.

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Brawley, Yuma, Imperial.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km NW of Delta, B.C., MX.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.245163° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.401165° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.89 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km NW of Delta, 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 2015-12-13 04:36:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-13 04:39:28 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 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 135 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05381 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 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 ci37501352 Id of event.
Event Code 37501352 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37501352, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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