Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag was detected near Delta in B.C. in MX

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude -115.2151642 West, latitude 32.3758316 North, depth = 11.09 km. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:32:26 / 4:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.09 km (7 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: ci37299799. Unique identifier: ci37299799. Global time and date of event 26/01/16 / 2016-01-26 00:32:26 / January 26, 2016 @ 12:32 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fortuna Foothills, Brawley, Yuma. The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop).

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-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km NW of Delta, B.C., MX. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

B.C.Brawley Calexico Delta El Centro Fortuna Foothills Mexicali Mexico MX San Luis Río Colorado United States Yuma

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.2151642° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.3758316° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.09 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3km 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	2016-01-26 00:32:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-01-26 00:35:03	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	168	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	0.08759	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.27 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	213	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	ci37299799	Id of event.
Event Code	37299799	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37299799,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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