A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX. Exact location of event, depth 12.61 km, -115.2304993° West, 32.2166672° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.61 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:13:42 / 8:13 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/01/17 / 2017-01-22 16:13:42 / January 22, 2017 @ 4:13 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37572335. Id of event: ci37572335.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yuma, Imperial, El Centro. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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