Minor earthquake, 3.21 mag has occurred near Maneadero in B.C. in MX

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Maneadero in B.C. in MX. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/09/16 / 2016-09-20 19:09:39 / September 20, 2016 @ 7:09 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -116.0749969° West, 31.7978325° North, depth 14.81 km. The temblor was detected at 12:09:39 / 12:09 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 14.81 km (9 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37695776. Id of event: ci37695776.

Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from El Sauzal (c. 9 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Benito García (El Zorrillo) (c. 6 600 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was El Sauzal, Ensenada, Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (min 5000 pop).

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

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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: 47 km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

B.C.Benito García (El Zorrillo)El Sauzal Ensenada Maneadero Mexico MX Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.21 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.0749969° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.7978325° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.81 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	47km E 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	2016-09-20 19:09:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-09-20 19:12:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	159	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2329	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	292	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	ci37695776	Id of event.
Event Code	37695776	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37695776,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Minor earthquake, 3.21 mag has occurred near Maneadero in B.C. in MX

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