A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/03/16 / 2016-03-23 23:22:05 / March 23, 2016 @ 11:22 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.98 km (11 miles). Exact location, longitude -115.2326667° West, latitude 32.2565° North, depth = 16.98 km. The temblor was reported at 15:22:05 / 3:22 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci37539152. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37539152.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yuma, Imperial, El Centro (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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