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Minor earthquake, 3.57 mag was detected near Ensenada in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 31.9411659S, -116.2975006WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.57 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Ensenada in B.C. in MX. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/05/18 / 2018-05-09 07:13:10 / May 9, 2018 @ 7:13 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.29 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.57-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:13:10 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -116.2975006° West, latitude 31.9411659° North, depth = 20.29 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ci38168952. Unique identifier: ci38168952.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rosarito, Villa del Prado 2da Sección, San Luis (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 30 km (18 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Rosarito (c. 66 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tecate (c. 58 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Terrazas del Valle (c. 20 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Villa del Prado 2da Sección (c. 18 200 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 32 km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.57 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.2975006° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.9411659° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32km ENE of Ensenada, 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 2018-05-09 07:13:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-09 07:25:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.14 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 198 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.3037 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 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 ci38168952 Id of event.
Event Code 38168952 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38168952, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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