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Minor earthquake: M2.81 quake has struck near Maneadero in B.C. in MX


Earthquake location 31.7235S, -116.3098333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Maneadero in B.C. in MX on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.53 km (13 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 04:08:57 / May 13, 2018 @ 4:08 am. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:08:57 / 8:08 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ci38171896. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38171896. Exact location of event, depth 21.53 km, -116.3098333° West, 31.7235° North.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Sauzal, Ensenada, Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from El Sauzal (c. 9 100 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Benito García (El Zorrillo) (c. 6 600 pop). Close country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 24 km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.81 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.3098333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.7235° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24km E of Maneadero, 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 2018-05-13 04:08:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-16 19:13:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 122 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 0.3345 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 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 ci38171896 Id of event.
Event Code 38171896 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ci38171896, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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