A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Delta in B.C. in MX. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -115.2588333 West, latitude 32.4065 North, depth = 19.22 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci38355104. Id of event: ci38355104. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.22 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:49:44 / 11:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/11/18 / 2018-11-09 07:49:44 / November 9, 2018 @ 7:49 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Mexico (c. 112 469 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 31 km (19 miles) from Mexicali (c. 597 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from San Luis Río Colorado (c. 139 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Yuma (c. 93 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from El Centro (c. 42 600 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Calexico (c. 38 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yuma, Brawley, Imperial (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 8 km NW of Delta, B.C., MX.
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