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Minor earthquake, 3 mag has occurred near Maneadero in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 31.6008333S, -116.9528333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Maneadero in B.C. in MX on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/03/16 / 2016-03-01 19:15:22 / March 1, 2016 @ 7:15 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: ci37313151. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37313151. The temblor was reported at 11:15:22 / 11:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -116.9528333 West, latitude 31.6008333 North, depth = 17.68 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.68 km (11 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Primo Tapia, Ensenada, Benito García (El Zorrillo) (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from El Sauzal (c. 9 100 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Benito García (El Zorrillo) (c. 6 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Primo Tapia (c. 5 000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 39 km WSW of Maneadero, B.C., MX.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.9528333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.6008333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km WSW of Maneadero, 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 2016-03-01 19:15:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-03-01 20:40:00 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 139 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3623 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 313 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 ci37313151 Id of event.
Event Code 37313151 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37313151, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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