Minor earthquake, 2.91 mag has occurred near Delta in B.C. in MX

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.26 km (7 miles). The 2.91-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:53:15 / 12:53 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/12/16 / 2016-12-01 20:53:15 / December 1, 2016 @ 8:53 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ci37537127. Event ids that are associated: ci37537127. Exact location, longitude -115.1958333° West, latitude 32.3428333° North, depth = 11.26 km.

Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 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 Yuma, Imperial, El Centro (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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: 1 km S of Delta, B.C., MX. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

B.C.Calexico Delta El Centro Imperial Mexicali Mexico MX San Luis Río Colorado United States Yuma

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.91 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.1958333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.3428333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.26 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	1km S 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	2016-12-01 20:53:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-01 20:56:56	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	130	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	18	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.109	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.28 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	176	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	ci37537127	Id of event.
Event Code	37537127	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37537127,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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