Minor earthquake, 2.84 mag has occurred near Tijuana in B.C. in MX

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Tijuana in B.C. in MX on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/11/17 / 2017-11-10 06:20:17 / November 10, 2017 @ 6:20 am UTC/GMT. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:20:17 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: ci37808943. Event ids that are associated: ci37808943. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.91 km (9 miles). Exact location of event, depth 14.91 km, -116.9593333° West, 32.4761667° North.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 5 km (3 miles) from Tijuana (c. 1 376 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from San Diego (c. 1 307 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Chula Vista (c. 243 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Escondido (c. 143 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Marcos, Ensenada, Escondido (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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 SE of Tijuana, B.C., MX. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

B.C.Chula Vista Ensenada Escondido Mexico MX San Diego San Marcos Tijuana United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.84 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.9593333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.4761667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.91 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8km SE of Tijuana, 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	2017-11-10 06:20:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-11-10 06:34:51	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	28	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	134	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	27	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.08712	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	136	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	ci37808943	Id of event.
Event Code	37808943	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37808943,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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