Minor earthquake, 2.85 mag was detected near Delta in B.C. in MX

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.21 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 21/03/18 / 2018-03-21 21:00:35 / March 21, 2018 @ 9:00 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -115.2158333° West, latitude 32.4086667° North, depth = 10.21 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:00:35 / 1:00 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci37898407. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37898407.

Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Brawley, Yuma, Imperial.

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 6 km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX.

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.85 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.2158333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.4086667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.21 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6km NNW of Delta, 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	2018-03-21 21:00:35	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-03-21 21:04:12	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	125	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	23	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.07619	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.38 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	107	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	ci37898407	Id of event.
Event Code	37898407	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37898407,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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