Minor earthquake, 2.82 mag was detected near Holtville in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Holtville in CA. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.03 km (6 miles). Event id: ci37751424. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37751424. Exact location of event, longitude -115.4411667 West, latitude 32.7795 North, depth = 9.03 km. The temblor was detected at 14:11:03 / 2:11 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/11/16 / 2016-11-27 22:11:03 / November 27, 2016 @ 10:11 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ciudad Coahuila (Kilómetro Cincuenta y Siete), Yuma, San Luis Río Colorado (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 7 km WSW of Holtville, CA.

CA Calexico Ciudad Coahuila (Kilómetro Cincuenta y Siete)El Centro Holtville Mexicali Mexico San Luis Río Colorado United States Yuma

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.82 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.4411667° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.7795° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.03 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km WSW of Holtville, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-11-27 22:11:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-11-27 22:14:39	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	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	122	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	22	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.08228	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	59	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	ci37751424	Id of event.
Event Code	37751424	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37751424,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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