Minor earthquake, 3.41 mag was detected near Maneadero in B.C. in MX

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.41 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Maneadero in B.C. in MX. Exact location of event, depth -0.62 km, -115.8526688° West, 31.9061661° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/18 / 2018-08-06 11:02:20 / August 6, 2018 @ 11:02 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.62 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: ci38239744. Ids that are associated to the event: ci38239744. The temblor was picked up at 03:02:20 / 3:02 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Ensenada (c. 256 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Guadalupe Victoria (c. 18 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada (c. 17 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from El Sauzal (c. 9 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Guadalupe Victoria, Delta, El Sauzal (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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 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: 71 km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX.

B.C.Delta Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota El Sauzal Ensenada Guadalupe Victoria Maneadero Mexico MX Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.41 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.8526688° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.9061661° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-0.62 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	71km ENE 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	2018-08-06 11:02:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-08-06 11:04:34	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	179	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	36	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1274	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.31 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	131	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	ci38239744	Id of event.
Event Code	38239744	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci38239744,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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