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Minor earthquake, 3.19 mag strikes near El Sauzal in Mexico


Earthquake location 31.9755001S, -116.7083359WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from El Sauzal in Mexico on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.98 km (16 miles). Exact location, longitude -116.7083359° West, latitude 31.9755001° North, depth = 25.98 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/08/17 / 2017-08-01 11:00:19 / August 1, 2017 @ 11:00 am. Unique identifier: ci37719383. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37719383. The temblor was detected at 03:00:19 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Imperial Beach, Tecate, Tijuana (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Tijuana (c. 1 376 500 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Rosarito (c. 66 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Tecate (c. 58 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Pórticos de San Antonio (c. 34 200 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nineteen 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.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 8 km NNW of El Sauzal, Mexico. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.19 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.7083359° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.9755001° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km NNW of El Sauzal, Mexico Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-08-01 11:00:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-08-01 11:02:32 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 157 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 0.1136 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 180 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 ci37719383 Id of event.
Event Code 37719383 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci37719383, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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