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Minor earthquake 3.06 mag, 14 km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX

Posted by admin on October 16, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.2874985S, -115.3253326WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.06 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.35 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, depth 4.35 km, -115.3253326° West, 32.2874985° North. The temblor was detected at 04:25:32 / 4:25 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/16 / 2016-10-16 11:25:32 / October 16, 2016 @ 11:25 am. Event id: ci37718752. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37718752.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Somerton, Imperial, El Centro (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 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: 14 km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.06 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.3253326° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.2874985° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14km WSW of Delta, 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 2016-10-16 11:25:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-16 11:27:56 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 144 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1327 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.24 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 172 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 ci37718752 Id of event.
Event Code 37718752 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37718752, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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