Light earthquake: M4.03 quake has struck near Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.03 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Alberto Oviedo Mota in B.C. in MX. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.63 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.2271652 West, latitude 32.2188339 North, depth = 19.63 km. Unique identifier: ci37610567. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37610567. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/03/17 / 2017-03-22 18:57:32 / March 22, 2017 @ 6:57 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.03-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:57:32 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter).

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. The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 50 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), 51 km (32 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 6 km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX.

Alberto Oviedo Mota B.C.Brawley Calexico El Centro Imperial Mexicali Mexico MX San Luis San Luis Río Colorado United States Yuma

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.03 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.2271652° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.2188339° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	19.63 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, 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	2017-03-22 18:57:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-03-22 19:12:23	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	6.17	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	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	250	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	0.1531	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.34 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	150	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mlr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci37610567	Id of event.
Event Code	37610567	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37610567,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.03 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

-115.2271652° West

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

32.2188339° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

19.63 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

6km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, 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

2017-03-22 18:57:32

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-03-22 19:12:23

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

2.2

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

6.17

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

green

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

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

250

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.1531

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.34 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

150

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mlr

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

ci37610567

Id of event.

Event Code

37610567

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,ci37610567,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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