Minor earthquake, 2.81 mag has occurred near Puebla in B.C. in MX

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Puebla in B.C. in MX. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:52:25 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 16:52:25 / October 2, 2018 @ 4:52 pm. Unique identifier: ci37377162. Ids that are associated to the event: ci37377162. Exact location, longitude -115.4658333° West, latitude 32.3806667° North, depth = 19.77 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.77 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from San Luis (c. 25 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Somerton, Brawley, San Luis Río Colorado (min 5000 pop).

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-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

B.C.Brawley Calexico El Centro Mexicali Mexico MX Puebla San Luis San Luis Río Colorado Somerton United States

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.81 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-115.4658333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.3806667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	19.77 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	23km SSW of Puebla, 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	2018-10-02 16:52:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-10-02 16:56:20	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	121	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	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1415	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.27 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	154	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	ci37377162	Id of event.
Event Code	37377162	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci37377162,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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