Minor earthquake: M2.86 quake has struck near Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX

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A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/10/16 / 2016-10-02 17:49:39 / October 2, 2016 @ 5:49 pm. Event id: ci37708576. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37708576. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.44 km (2 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:49:39 / 10:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.5346667 West, latitude 31.8356667 North, depth = 2.44 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Delta, Guadalupe Victoria, Estación Coahuila (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (c. 8 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Estación Coahuila (c. 7 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Delta (c. 5 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ciudad Coahuila (Kilómetro Cincuenta y Siete) (c. 5 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 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 fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 56 km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX.

Alberto Oviedo Mota B.C.Ciudad Coahuila (Kilómetro Cincuenta y Siete)Delta Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota Estacion Coahuila Guadalupe Victoria Mexico MX

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.86 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.5346667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.8356667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	2.44 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, 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	2016-10-02 17:49:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-10-02 17:53:22	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	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	126	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	5	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3898	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	217	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	ci37708576	Id of event.
Event Code	37708576	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37708576,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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