A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX. All ids that are associated to the event: ci37527224. Unique identifier: ci37527224. Exact location of earthquake, -115.2326667° West, 32.4623333° North, depth 28.14 km. Global time and date of event 22/02/16 / 2016-02-22 01:53:28 / February 22, 2016 @ 1:53 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.14 km (17 miles). The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:53:28 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yuma, Brawley, Imperial. Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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