A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX. The temblor was reported at 22:53:45 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/01/17 / 2017-01-06 06:53:45 / January 6, 2017 @ 6:53 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: ci37781176. Unique identifier: ci37781176. Exact location, longitude -115.2485° West, latitude 32.388° North, depth = 3.23 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.23 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 40 km (25 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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Brawley, Yuma, Imperial.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days eighty-six 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km NW of Delta, B.C., MX.
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