Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Estacion Coahuila in B.C. in MX

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 143 kilometers (89 miles) from Estacion Coahuila in B.C. in MX. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.94 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci37897343. Id of event: ci37897343. Exact location of event, longitude -114.2048333 West, latitude 31.1051667 North, depth = 5.94 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/03/18 / 2018-03-19 23:36:40 / March 19, 2018 @ 11:36 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:36:40 / 3:36 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Peñasco, San Felipe (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Puerto Peñasco (c. 33 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from San Felipe (c. 15 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 143 km SSE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX.

B.C.Estacion Coahuila Mexico MX Puerto Penasco San Felipe

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-114.2048333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.1051667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.94 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	143km SSE of Estacion Coahuila, 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	2018-03-19 23:36:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-03-21 20:37:15	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	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	312	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.5585	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.84 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	210	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	ci37897343	Id of event.
Event Code	37897343	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37897343,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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